Recently a number of people have asked me about Web 2.0, what it is, how it started and why I am so interested in it. This video (updated from the version earlier in the year), does the best job I have seen of explaining, in just a few minutes:
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Web 2.0 and Us




(click and rate this post!)Here it is




(click and rate this post!)Well, after a bit of incubation, the blog is up at it’s new home here. Those of you who subscribe via feedburner shouldn’t have to do anything, as you will have automagically been redirected. Those using the Wordpress feed need to point your browser/reader to http://redcatco.com/blog/feed. There are lots of new features, and I finally [...]
10 Tips for better Powerpoint




(click to vote)As promised, here are 10 PowerPoint tips:
If you can put it on two slides, rather than one, then do.
Most people put far to much information on a single slide.
If you need notes, put them in the notes section.
That is what it is for. You can then print and use the notes. Don’t force [...]
Still not the death of (really bad) Powerpoint




(click to vote)On Seth’s blog, an interesting link to Pecha Kucha (Seth’s post here). Really Bad Powerpoint, which almost sounds like a phrase that should be trademarked, continues to take over the world. What can be done?
Seth’s Really Bad Powerpoint is a great starting point. I wish it had been a full book! I was just [...]
What’s Your Problem?




(click and rate this post!)Questions can be very powerful. As a society, we talk more than we listen and we tell more than we ask. Five examples, just from today:
People trying to answer a question before it was fully asked
(and yes, would you believe it, they did answer the wrong question).
People answering the question they wanted to hear, rather [...]
Buzzing!




(click and rate this post!)Wow! A head full of ideas this week. Lots to consolidate, and the only way to do that is to write… I was listening to a presentation by Zig Ziglar (I think the guy is amazing by the way! I hope I am that energetic at his age - check him out in action if [...]
A simple behaviour change that will change your life




(click and rate this post!)I’ve seen an interesting pattern in recent weeks, by changing my behaviour and watching the behaviour of those around me. Those who things go well for, and those who things don’t go so well for. Seeing when things go well for me and when they don’t. The pattern? When people try to defend themselves, and [...]
The 9th Habit of Highly Effective People - Look af...
Stephen Covey has already published the The 8th Habit, so I'll have to put this down [+]
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