Knowledge can indeed be free, especially within the technology space; all it takes is a little initiative to find key web community sites, plus iTunes to unlock the podcast keys to the galaxy.
My favorites include:
Now – if we’re bored, not learning new things, or not being mentally challenged is … we can only blames ourselves.
Enjoy!
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For Whom The Bell Tolls… or, Another Business Model for $0.00
From Techcrunch, last week: At first this announcement appeared to be a good candidate for “News of the Weird:” Microsoft Officially Retires Soapbox, The Poor Man’s YouTube by Leena Rao on July 21, 2009 Microsoft’s YouTube clone Soapbox is officially shutting its doors, according to reports today. Soapbox, which was launched in 2006 as a hub for downloading …
So – the featured speaker at the July 2009 Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s speaker at this month’s “Author Speaker Breakfast” is Chris Anderson, author of FREE: The Future of a Radical Price: FREE: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson the bestselling author of the The Long Tail In his revolutionary …
Free is Sometimes Free: The Future of a Radical Price
For those not able to make the Seattle Chamber of Commerce breakfast tomorrow, featuring Chris Anderson talking about his book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, his presentation at Wired’s “Disruptive Business Conference” is available online, for free: Related content: Free is Not Always Free. So – the featured speaker at …
Free: The Future of a Radical New Price is now…Free!
Late last month, Chris Anderson released a free downloadable unabridged podcast/audiobook version of his book, Free: The Future of a Radical New Price as zipped mp3 files, and via iTunes. It chapter is an individual podcast; all of which are narrated by Chris. [caption id=”attachment_1506″ align=”aligncenter” width=”162″ caption=”Free: The Future of a Radical …
My Favorite Hugh MacLeodisms From the Gaping Void
Hugh’s list of 37 tips which helped him be more creative is available as an awesome print and as a blog post. My favorites from his list : 5. You are responsible for your own experience. 9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb. 10. …
Steven Jobs, cofounder of Apple, has been labeled many things, from visionary to egomaniac. Often I think he is inspirational too: We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here? Innovation is the distinction between a leader and a follower. The system is that there is no system. That doesn’t …
A t-shirt popular within the Apple Computer team building v.1 of Quicktime read “Apple: 80 hours a week, and loving it!” So much for work | life balance. At the same time, I think Steve Jobs gets a lot of things right – including not making decisions for the short term without …
Most of us are aware of the adage “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” I like to include “Add value or stay out of the way.” The world would be a better, more effective, and much happier place if “Lead, follow, add value, or get out of the way” was reality …
Others’ Thoughts From the Blogosphere.
Yesterday Scott Berkun wrote a very interesting blog post on How to call bullshit on a guru; equally interesting was the reader discussion which followed. My favorites: “Do you know how to innovate? How?” “How interested is this guy in understanding my problem(s)?”. If they’re not, then they’re a hammer looking for nails, …
Putting a Dent in the Universe.
Steve Jobs is many things – obsessive, a visionary, a micro-manager, and until now, ever-present. Outside of his recent weight loss, not much is known about the health issue behind his announcement today of a six-month leave of absence – but it’s a safe bet it’s something quite serious. Steve Jobs …
