Archive for March, 2007

Monkeys Bumping Their Heads »

I’m waiting on a phoner for a client in Australia and am also going through my desk and pulling out old photos. So in light of opening up my world here a bit - I’m posting some family photos today and maybe on Saturdays when I work I’ll do that once in a while.
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Don’t Cry for Me Art or Tina »

Michael Gray at SearchEngineland just posted a very insightful bit titled, "Top 12 Ways to Win Friends and Write Magnetic Headlines" (I particularly like the Moses’ reference).
For business book authors - really take a good look at his musings on different title grabbing headlines and think about how you can incorporate those into your [...]

Twitter Hype »

Just when your knees were all a "twitter" over all the other networking sites, along comes Twitter - and thankfully a great article to keep you in the loop and up to date here.

LIFE is Shuttered »

"Print Death for Life, But Photos Live On(line)Time Inc.’s umpteenth experiment with the brand called Life — you know, formerly the most successful magazine in the world, until television came along — ended in failure yesterday, as these experiments always do. The newspaper insert version of the magazine was closed on Monday after bleeding money [...]

Thomas R. Clifford - Corporate Filmmaker »

This interview features Thomas R. Clifford - Corporate Documentary Filmmaker & Story Katalyst -  "Breaking patterns…Discovering heroes…Igniting conversations"

Tom’s blog is full of great storytelling insight and in this interview he shares some secrets about filming and creating insightful company stories. Tom also has a superb list of "Ten Tips to Create Your Remarkable Company [...]

John Backus »

John Backus died this week and while most of us are busy utilizing all this technology - it would serve us well to remember this amazing visionary. As a past employee of IBM, I can say that Backus’ achievements were and still are touted decades later.

What Makes A Good Business Book »

I regularly consult with potential business book authors and help ghostwrite book proposals and one of the main things we always tackle first is the sticky question of, "What really makes a good business book? "
Business books have changed drastically from the old days and people want to be enthralled, engaged and enthused about what [...]