I like to gather information into piles - adding bits to each pile as I discover things, or as they occur to me. I use a combination of notes in outlook (a habit from my Windows Mobile PDA days) and a personal wiki. One day I’ll turn some of those piles into a book or [...]

Carpe Diem - Seize the day, from Horace’s poem: “While we’re talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future.”
Regular readers will know Galba Bright. He wrote the excellent Tune Up Your EQ blog and regularly commented here and on a number of other blogs. Sadly, Galba passed away recently. [...]

Seth Godin’s books are compulsory reading for any marketer. His latest, Meatball Sundae, is stuck in my inbox, behind a few textbooks. So, I found a way to get it to jump the queue, courtesy of SF Entrepreneur who hosted a call with Seth, which I joined just now. I don’t agree with everything Seth says, but…

There are some conversations that we are afraid of. An awkward subject raised with a boss. A difficult exchange with a close relative. Explaining bad news. These are understood.
There are also conversations that are awkward for a business. A discussion on the web about problems with a product, poor financial results, internal conflicts - all [...]