At a recent parent teacher conference with my son’s Science teacher, I happened to notice that the best overall grade in the class was a 76. There were another two passing grades and every other student was failing! Out of 16 students 3 (20%) were passing. I asked the teacher about class performance. “This is… Read More
Today is the first day of the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The first session I attended this morning was Community Building: Good, Bad, and Ugly. It was moderated by Jeremiah Owyang from Forrester Research and included Dawn Foster (Community Manager for Jive Software), Kellie Parker (Community Manager for PC World and Mac… Read More
Lately I’ve found myself talking to companies that want to work with publishers, but they’re having a difficult time getting any business. In almost every conversation the same issue surfaces. The vendor wants to make the publisher understand their unique value proposition. However, the vendor’s general knowledge of publishing is often lacking and their specific… Read More
Every “explanation” we offer for why the thing that was supposed to happen didn’t happen is an excuse. They’re not all bad. Sometimes they offer insights that benefit the recipient. Mostly, though, they don’t. This occurred to me as I wrote my first post after 10 days of silence. It was the longest I had… Read More
You meet someone who is highly recommended by a colleague. As you get to know each other it seems as though you share the same philosophies about collaboration, clients, and conducting business. Your businesses are a perfect complement so you enter into a partnership and jointly work with your first client. Early in the relationship… Read More
Remember my experiment with Jott last week? Well someone from Jott came by the blog to offer their support. Good for them! It’s relatively easy for someone to find instances of their company, product, or brand on the web and see what people are saying about them – yet, few companies do. Or if they… Read More
(Courtesy of US Airways) All Philadelphia bound planes are delayed. In my infinite wisdom, I get a seat on the 6:30 flight (trading in my seat on the 7:30 flight). We boarded at 8:00 (7:30 flight wasn’t close to boarding yet – yeah me!) We wait. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes… Captain comes on… Read More
It used to be that every so often Starbucks would give you your drink for free. No fanfare. No formal offer. Just, “Thanks, it’s on us today.” I felt appreciated when they handed me that coffee. Recently, the baristas were giving this coupon to everyone. Looks great – right? Now read the back. This is… Read More