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Change your tactics, not your strategy.

Change your tactics, not your strategy.

The goal is the meal, the strategy is the recipe, and the tactic is how you still get dinner on the table when one of the ingredients is missing—but you’ve been borrowing butter from your neighbor.

The Demise of Newspapers Foretold by Hello Kitty?

The Demise of Newspapers Foretold by Hello Kitty?

While browsing books with my daughters in the children’s library, I came across this book: Published in 2005, Hello Kitty What Will I Be A to Z is a cute little picture book that places Sanrio‘s Hello Kitty in 26 different careers, surrounded by the essential tools of that trade. I was excited to find, [...]

"Wait, that's it?"

What’s your blogging style?

Quick, go take this 2-minute quiz. Come back when you’re done and keep reading! . . . . . . Wha? Oh, there you are. What took so long?  I said TWO minutes. Anyhow, welcome back!  You’ve just completed a VARK test, which helps determine your preferences when receiving and giving information.  VARK stands for [...]

Penelope Trunk actually fascinates me for a change.

Penelope Trunk actually fascinates me for a change.

Since 2004, Technorati has published the “State of the Blogosphere,” an ever evolving attempt to quantify and qualify the world that is Blog.  Last October, the Technorati decided to interview several elite blogocrats and let them, as they’re known to do, declare reality for the rest of us—the millions and millions of bloggers that aren’t [...]

Which goes first? The brain or the head?

Think about the last time you learned about something new—a recipe, a culture, a method for determining whether or not you’re Twitter Trash, etc. Here’s the question: did you jump in headfirst or did you analyze the situation before you began?