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Nearly infinite
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on April 27, 2008
Infinite isn’t what it used to be. There used to be an infinite number of stars, and probably an infinite number of kids in high school who didn’t like you very much, but that was about it when it came to a typical human being’s interaction with the uncountable.But now, infinite is everywhere.There’s an infinite number of books at Barnes and Noble (you can’t read em all, in fact, you...
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What happens when we organize?
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on April 14, 2008
Most power occurs because one side is better organized than the other. Labor is usually less well organized than management, criminals are usually less well organized than the police and customers are always less well organized than producers. The internet promises to change that. It does it occasionally, sort of randomly. Sometimes, users will rise up and complain (as they did at Facebook). Or...
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Mourning Their Loss?
via Crooks and Liars by Nicole Belle on March 27, 2008
I love Helen Thomas. Look how flustered she makes Perino. Media Bloodhound watched this presser and Dana Perino’s assertion that Bush mourn every military loss and asked “Really?”And how was our mourner-in-chief spending his day as our four thousandth soldier took one last breath in the sands of Iraq? Goofing around the White House and posing for pictures with a six-foot-tall Easter...
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The dark side
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on March 26, 2008
Snapnames informs me that the most competitive domain name up for auction this week is breastenlargementhypnosis.com. Think about that one for a bit. So much effort is going to be spent building this business. Money and time invested in design and promotion and, possibly, hypnosis. Why? To trick people. I'm amazed every single day at the lengths some people will go to in order to run scams...
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Managing urgencies
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on March 25, 2008
Do you have a plan? A long or medium term plan for your brand or your blog or your career or your project? You can have grand visions for remodeling your house or getting in shape, but if there's a fire in the kitchen, you drop everything and put it out. What choice do you have? The problem, of course, is that most organizations are on fire, most of the time. I gave a talk the other day,...
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Question your work
via Signal vs. Noise by Jason on March 16, 2008
A slide from my South by Southwest presentation:These are questions we ask each other before, during, and sometimes after we work on something. That something can be as small as a couple-hour project or as big as something that takes a few weeks or more. Either way, it’s important to ask questions like this in order to make sure you’re doing work that matters.Why are we doing this?Ever find...
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Tiny projects keep it new
via Signal vs. Noise by Jason on March 11, 2008
When do we do our best work? When we’re excited about something. Excitement breeds motivation. We do our best work when we’re motivated. A great way to stay motivated is to work on something new. No one likes being stuck on a project that never seems to end.The typical projectThe typical project starts out great but then our motivation and interest wanes as time goes on. It’s natural....
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That noise inside my head
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on March 09, 2008
... think in every case the answer is the same: Internal noise. My friend Lisa was on a plane once and her seatmate kept looking at her. She finally said, "Is the noise inside my head bothering you?" Just about everyone has noise inside their head. It's a noise that keeps them from being rational, that forces them to avoid the simple truths sometimes, that makes them unable to take a shortcut...
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Weird dreams
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on March 07, 2008
Years ago, when I saw the first Will It Blend video, I thought it was a hoot. And I dreamed of one day, perhaps, just maybe, appearing in one. Well, that day has come. Thanks, George. Nice work, Kels.
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How do I persuade you?
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on March 03, 2008
... is coming?Will you change your mind if I'm funny? Or if I scare you to pieces?Perhaps there's no way you'll be persuaded. Perhaps nothing I can say will make a difference. However, you've told yourself that before and been wrong...Will you buy if you get a discount? What if the price is high and going up tomorrow?Do you want to be the first person to embrace an idea (or the...
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