It’s that time of the year where you reflect on your past accomplishments and look toward the New Year for professional growth. Google is now a verb so I have to ask have you Googled yourself lately? What does it mean if you do and nothing comes up in the results? Well, that indicates that you have spent a career focusing inside the walls of the corporation for your career development. That strategy was fine in the 70's, 80's and 90's but your falling behind if you try that in today's envi ...
By now, I am sure you have heard of that insult "Don’t be a tool". This odd phrase has seems to have found its way into our lexicon and pop culture over the past few years. Allow me to take you back to 2001 where my wife and I were on vacation in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. I remember sneaking out of the house to get in a quick 18 holes at the par three course across the street. I soon caught up with a couple of college kids who seemed to be having a real good time. I am sure the cooler ...
You have probably heard of folks using the term "ties" to describe the strength of a relationship between two people. A strong tie indicates someone that is close to you while a weak relationship is one more of an acquaintance. Of course, there is a mountain of grey between those two descriptions. For example, there are people that sit next to me in "Cubeville" that I have strong ties with. These are not as strong as the ties I had earlier in my career when I worked in close proximity to w ...
If you haven't figured it out by now, I love web design. Moreover, I love to tinker with my own web sites and implement new design techniques that I might pick up by reviewing other great designs or by reading books. For some unknown reason, I thought it might be fun to look back at the different designs that I have used for my personal brand. Some of these will make you wonder what was he thinking but keep in mind this all started back in 1999 when Jacob Nielson was the only design exp ...
For
those that don't know Gary Vaynerchuk, he is one of the leading Wine experts in
the country and clearly one of the pioneers in Web 2.0 technologies. You can
read about Gary on his blog at
http://garyvaynerchuk.com/ or review his vid ...
