Archive - April, 2009

Lunch n Learn with Louis Gray and Infosumption

By on April 30, 2009 in RSS Feeds, Social Media with 0 Comments

After yesterday’s Mark All as Read post (the gist: don’t buy into overload), I noticed that Andy Brudtkuhl posted something along these lines the day before. I’m looking forward to Andy’s future post on systems he uses to hack the heavy weight. (Follow Andy’s infostream on FriendFeed).

Then, by comment, I find that Louis Gray gave a presentation on the myth of Information Overload just yesterday. Some great talking/thought points and practices here (slide No. 11 is the money page for me):

There Is No Information Overload (Inbound Marketing Summit)
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(Follow LG’s infostream on FriendFeed)

Just as a point of extension, I find myself using Mark All as Read once every ten days or so — normally on those 14 hour days away from connectivity or filled with workshops and meetings. It’s rare, but I think everyone’s point here is this:  Suffer from Info Overload?  There is no Info Overload of you’re a smart Infosumer.

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Easy as email

By on April 29, 2009 in Whistle Stops with 0 Comments

This is a test post to show how easy it is to publish content on the web.

I can bold or underline (tho I shouldn't underline — it looks like a hyperlink).  It's like emailing my site and saying, "Here – publish this and send it out to my subscribers."

As Pirillo says, "easy-peasy"

Go and do likewise.

A Single Click Cleans Up Your Feed Mess (Mass?)

By on April 29, 2009 in Blog Coach, RSS Feeds with 0 Comments

Feedmess Our schedules can get so busy,  sometimes it's hard to keep up with all the feed items in our RSS reader. Today, I woke up to over 1,000 items unread.

Some folks avoid this problem by not subscribing to any RSS feeds ('scuse me, but ignoring something over and over makes one ignorant, no?)

Here's how I handle an overload of RSS items on my plate:

  1. First, I practice Skim, Scan, Save (and then Share) to avoid the infosumption overload
  2. Once my feed items get over 300 unread, I'll do the S-plan above until I reach items more than 24 hours old – and click on Mark All as Read for the others.

So this morning, though the items unread were over 1,000 – no fretting here.  I just have a 24-hour period to read through (probably about 200 items)…and remember, I Skim, Scan & Save (and then Share)  and get rid of the older ones- so it should take me about 15-20 minutes.

If something is really, really poplular (you know…that thing you don't want to miss?), everybody will be writing/talking about it — you'll catch up.

Photo on Flickr by RIPizzo (more by RIPizzo)


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Lunch n Learn with Playing for Change

By on April 28, 2009 in Social Media, Video with 0 Comments

“In a world that has so much division, we need to also focus on our connections.” – Mark Johnson, Creator of Playing for Change

I first mentioned this project in a Lunch n Learn in November with the Stand by Me global song.  Love it. Since then, they’ve launched a blog and a new site, gone a-Twitter, launched new episodes and a new CD…great stuff.

When looking at a globe or map, you’ll find outlines of states, provinces, and countries. Those lines on your map are real estate borders — not walls. And geography doesn’t matter as much as it used to in creating, innovating, and collaborating.

Enjoy more on the PFC You Tube channel.

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Don’t Want to Write a Blog? Video Instead? How Comfy — NOT!

By on April 28, 2009 in Blog Coach, Video with 0 Comments

Shortcuts and Microwave solutions. Comfort Zones and False Security. I hear them a lot – here's an all-time favorite (The F2F Networking crutch):

Them: "I don't want to write a blog — I prefer face-to-face networking instead."
Me: "Awesome – got a business card?"
Them: "Err….umm…well I haven't got them printed yet."
Me: "Right."

One of the fastest-growing crutches though is the Video Blogging excuse:

Them: "You know, I'm not real good at writing my thoughts. I think I'll just post a bunch of videos."
Me: "Bull -::::cough:::::"

Sit down and I'll explain my response.

  • You still have to compose your thoughts to do the video (it's called writing)
  • If I buy this excuse from you, will you also hope I buy the "I'm having a bad hair day" excuse tomorrow?
  • Don't try to write right, talk write (write like you talk)
  • You think video-ing will save you time? After the 16th take of the first cut, sit down and punch the keys! YTMND
  • Even if you do video blogging (and frankly, you should!) do it along with text — not instead of text. Text is still the most searchable content you can produce.

Yes video. Please do. But don't use it as a temporary crutch to avoid writing. Your You're composition teacher retired (or probably should have long ago!)

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By on April 28, 2009 in Whistle Stops with 0 Comments

Lunch n Learn: The Future of Advertising, WTF?

By on April 27, 2009 in Marketing, Social Media with 0 Comments

Just in case you missed it, here’s David Armano’s The Future of Advertising presentation (to be seen live in the Twin Cities tonight (thanks to CATFOA.  Any change of a UStream?)

I so want to SCAMPER this show for a few different disciplines:

The Future of Advertising. WTF?
View more presentations from David Armano.

Have a Lunch n Learn video, presentation, document I should digest and share? Send it on over via email or direct twitter (link or doc).

links for 2009-04-26

By on April 27, 2009 in Whistle Stops with 0 Comments

Design the Classroom Experience, Don’t Control It

By on April 23, 2009 in Blog Coach, Education with 0 Comments


Classroom design is more about the kind of experience students actually
have than about controlling the experience you try to give them.

(Inspired by Robin Good via Catriona Cornett)

The title of Scott McLeod's blog should be a clarion call by itself. Dangerously Irrelevant. Things are changing at a more rapid pace than ever — and we had a tough time with change yesteryear.

I once asked a teacher what would happen if they treated their students like customers, with a design philosophy of customer experience in mind. The teacher was taken aback. She said the day she treats her students like customers is the day she would lose control of the room.

At that moment, I knew she was standing on the line of irrelevancy — and about to cross over. The reality is, she should have been looking for ways to share control rather than try to own it alone.

An aside on this post: Notice how I took Robin Good's quote, from Catriona Cornett's post, and SCAMPERed it. We could easily do the same for various disciplines (yours?)

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By on April 21, 2009 in Whistle Stops with 0 Comments

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