Wow. This is a really good book. This is a book that I got from the publisher–I get offered books on a regular basis and I turn down about as many as I accept. I was a little skeptical and almost didn’t accept this one. The marketing materials pitched the book as the logical successor […]
Over at new b5 blog, LinkedIntelligence, Scott Allen is hosting a group blogging project about LinkedIn. The idea is that bloggers write posts about cool, interesting and productive ways in which they’re using LinkedIn. Scott’s got some nice prizes lined up as well. (note: Scott is co-author of an excellent book about online networking which […]
I’ve been intrigued by the idea of networking for a long time. But it’s always been a kind of voyeuristic activity for me since my natural inclination is to get a good book and go curl up in a cave somewhere. I’m the farthest thing imaginable from a natural networker. But the deal is […]
David Lorenzo has a great post about the power of face to face meetings. I wholly agree with his assessment that passion is best expressed in person.
I’m all about email and IM and, when I must, the phone. For several months (until yesterday, actually) I even had a polycom unit set up on the corner […]
I’ve been a fan of Laurence Haughton’s writing and thinking for a while. He’s got a new webcast coming up on January 30, 2007 at 9:00 AM PT / Noon ET. The title is More Buy-In for New Ideas and Innovations: A strategy to overcome resistance to change and improve follow-through. Should be a […]
This is one of the Principles of the Slacker@Work that I mentioned here. This is the a tough one for a lot of Slackers@Work because their gut instinct is to find the easier, faster way. As in the tagline of this very site, “the path of least resistance” is what we’re looking for. That should […]
I’ve been thinking lately about what overarching ideas guide folks like us (you know, smart people who want to do good work, but only when it’s good work we want to do). I’ve examined my own ways and I think I’ve isolated 15 16 (how convenient!) principles that I tend to follow. I’ll list them […]
About a year ago, Kathy Sierra wrote a nice post that riffed on a keynote speech by Paul Graham that she’d recently attended. Relatedly, ChangeThis recently posted a manifesto by Graham called “The Power of the Marginal” which I highly recommend reading.
All this got me thinking about how often ego gets in the way of […]
I don’t do much in the way of reader surveys, but I ran into a thread on another forum that asked what people do. It was very interesting reading, but then again, I’m the kind of guy who’s only use for shopping malls is the good people-watching.
Anyway, what’s your gig? What do you do to […]
Check out this WaPo article about a Lockheed Martin engineer who blew the whistle on a Coast Guard project by making a video and uploading it to YouTube (here it is). That’s pretty creative, and it ought to send chills down the spines of would-be Enron’ers.
Whistleblowing is still hard work, but apparently YouTube just helped […]
I mentioned a while back that I was reading this book and expected to review it soon. Well life intervened and it got lost in a pile until this past weekend. I’ve gotten back to the book and finally finished it off.
What an interesting book! First, you’ve got to know that I’m not a […]
I’ve got way too many blogs in the old feedreader. I went through the other day and kinda cleaned house (thank you NetNewsWire for the “dinosaurs” feature that makes this tedious task simple and fast) and while I was at it, I was reminded once again of a few content producers (note that I’m not […]
I recently finished reading this book by Rajesh Setty (blog), who is a longtime entrepreneur and writer. Beyond Code is a rather unique book, in my view, because it’s a fascinating mix of solid business and career advice interspersed with insight into Setty’s background and childhood. I came away feeling like I had a good […]
Preface the first: no sympathy cards are needed. This is observation, not experience.
Preface the second: sarcasm follows.
If you’ve read Slacker Manager for any length of time, you know that I like to think about ways to be more efficient while expending less effort. It occurred to me that I haven’t seen a good explanation of […]
I recently finished reading Lisa Haneberg’s latest book, Focus Like A Laser Beam: 10 Ways To Do What Matters Most, and I also had a chance to chat with her via Skype, which she’ll put out as a podcast pretty soon. I’ll point to that when it’s up.
The short version of this book review is […]
Paving the path of least resistance, so you don't trip and fall.
Written by Phil Gerbyshak [email] for b5media.
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