A couple of days ago, I posted a request for review of a personal branding model. Several folks have stepped forward to provide feedback. Here is one of the slides that focuses on the tasks and activities of the Persona Trademark.

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In 1984, Robert Levering, Michael Katz and Milton Mosokowitz wrote a box called The Computer Entrepreneurs. Can you remember any of them.

Daniel Bricklin: VisiCalc
Joel Berez: The Zork Trilogy
Jack Tramiel: Commodore 64
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Rule #1: Work Hard and you will be noticed!
Wrong: The meek will inherit nothing; work hard and someone will steal your ideas; the world belongs to the ones that control their brand.

Rule #2: Work and Retire for Corporate America!

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In 2004, Chris Anderson wrote an interesting article on a concept referred to as the Long Tail. The long tail is basically the products and services that have lost their sale ability within a geographical area. One of my favorite books on personal...

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Within the world of High Performance, what is Average Performance?

Is it...
1. The mid-point or 50%; such that half of the people have lower performance and the other half with high performance
2. The 80-20 Rule where we say 8...

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I had a chance to provide some information on the SOA movement to Greg Goth. The interview was published in the March Issue of IEEE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ONLINE. Additional comments provided by James Hendler, director of the University of Maryland...

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It’s interesting that the majority of award winning sites are all Flash sites. Cool designs seem to focus more on the visual cuteness that actual customer value. Information Architecture is beautiful and when sites are well architected they scre...

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