Dec 12, 2008
How to love your nerd
Rands is a great writer as well as a true nerd so he writes from the heart and with great insight when he describes in The Nerd Handbook how a nerd thinks, what makes a nerd different to you and I, and how the life partner of a nerd can help create a lasting relationship with a nerd. I love how he details the nerd’s obsession with the latest project, and how a new relationship can be just like a new... read more
Dec 12, 2008
Peace on earth, good reading to all men
In addition to world peace, an actual reduction in global carbon emissions in 2009 (versus a promise to do better) and an end to the Econolypse, here’s a list of things that would surprise and delight me. Just in case you’ve enjoyed Doing Words this year sooo much that you’d like to show me some lurv. Wishing you peace, love, and good... read more
Apr 29, 2008
“I am 3D and more saturated”
Sadly these days most new follower notifications on Twitter are from other self-promoters trying to get their own brand out there. My advice would be to first concentrate on offering something of value, and then the audience will find you – that’s what the interweb is all about. I guess some people don’t have the patience for the organic approach. Someone who can help you with an... read more
Mar 11, 2008
This morning in da house: Yorke Hinds
Here I am in full iPhone Fuzzycolourtm at the dining table with Yorke Hinds, the devbrain behind Quivalent, once my favourite email newsletter marketing platform, and Zookoda, an excellent tool to help bloggers manage RSS email subscriptions, a product now in the portfolio of PayPerPost. Peepl have been dropping around to our house a bit lately, mostly to sample our fantastic fresh-ground Forsyths coffee... read more
