Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Let’s start from the beginning and the end

June 13, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Community, Family

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it’s very important that you do it.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Let’s start from the beginning and the end and work our way to the middle, where all of the people our age currently reside. Life, begins and ends with each one of us being alone….if you really think about it. [...]

Debating…

June 6, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Helping others

Since I am going to be attending a Debate on Health Care tonight which anyone can watch via live Web Feed at the link below, I thought it would be interesting to get some opinions on a topic I was reading in a book this weekend.
“To help the poor, don’t be one of [...]

Gustavo the Great

May 16, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Community, Helping others, Inspiration

An update on 60 minutes tonight on the prodigy Gustavo Dudamel who led the Venezuelan youth Orchestra at the age of 15. An incredible story of how in this country in some of the poorest neighborhoods a program was started that would change the lives of all who participated. Offering music lessons on [...]

How to Effectively Use LinkedIn’s Group Feature to Grow Your Network

April 28, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Authors, Work, career

I know many of you are looking for best practices on social media, connecting and how to use these tools. A great article from JT and Careeralism on expanding your reach within Linkedin.
How to Effectively Use LinkedIn’s Group Feature to Grow Your Network
Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:00 PM PDT
http://www.careerealism.com/effectively-linkedins-group-feature-grow-network/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Careerealism+%28CAREEREALISM.com%29
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Andy Robinson
The [...]

Feedback

March 31, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Authors, Community

Feedback is crucial to the improvement of any venture, this one included. I appreciate those of you who took the time to provide feedback on the direction of the blog. For those who didn’t, I do not appreciate you less…well just a little, and I know you are busy people and if you [...]

Twitter’s Not-So-Secret Monetization Plan About To Launch

March 29, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Community, Technology

I have been waiting for this one for a little while and very interested how they will launch this as I think many people are. Great website to keep up on everything Social by the way.
Twitter’s Not-So-Secret Monetization Plan About To Launch
Posted by Nick O’Neill on March 26th, 2010 11:29 AM
http://www.socialtimes.com/2010/03/twitters-not-so-secret-monetization-plan-about-to-launch/
-Twitter Logo-Twitter has been [...]

What can I do for you?

March 26, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Community

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
Its a pretty simple one today. I’m curious what you guys and girls would like to hear about form me or other people, see, topics. Most of the time its about me and the people I interact with. When I pull in news articles are there topics [...]

NBC – Oh Canada

March 2, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Politics, Sports, Uncategorized

Some American Kudos from the other Brian Williams.
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor
After tonight’s broadcast and after looting our hotel mini-bars, we’re going to try to brave the blizzard and fly east to home and hearth, and to do laundry well into next week. Before we leave this thoroughly polite country, the polite thing [...]

Why have so many internet people lost touch with reality?

February 19, 2010 by Colin  
Filed under Authors, Innovation, Technology

Some interesting jabs from Cuban to his tech counterparts.
By Mark Cuban
Feb 4th 2010 12:16PM
http://blogmaverick.com/2010/02/04/why-have-so-many-internet-people-lost-touch-with-reality/
Sometimes its hard to tell if people are trying to be funny, mean, interesting, provocative or are just plain stupid or completely out of touch with reality. I know I get accused of being all of the above all the time.
The [...]

Top 10 Personal Rituals for Stress-Free Relationship Building

December 3, 2009 by Colin  
Filed under Books, Community, Friends, Work

I started reading Keith Ferrazzi’s book “Never Eat Alone” about 18 months ago and its one of the most impactful books I have read in a long time. The purpose of this book is how to better build personal and professional relationships, networking and enjoying life. I highly recommend it and to prove [...]

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