Brain Broadcast - Web August 20, 2007
Posted by markdykeman in blog, changes, digg, helium, marketing, media, netscape, reddit, shoutwire, social bookmarking, websites, writing.3 comments
I think I’m getting lost in a sea of blogs, social bookmarking, linking, networking, etc. While it’s fun and kind of exciting to explore this new frontier, I don’t really feel like I’m getting anywhere, nor do I seem to have much in the way of direction or planning.
I’m doing stuff on Helium. I posted on Triond. I’m trying out Newsvine. I’ve been trying to build up networks on Digg, Netscape, Reddit, and I also posted on Shoutwire. I’m building up Del.icio.us bookmarks like mad. I’ve been using StumbleUpon (neat idea, incidentally). This blog is in both Blog Catalog and Technorati.
So what am I really trying to acheive here? Fame? Fortune? Self-expression? New opportunities?
All of the above, to some extent, but man oh man right now I feel like I’m on a bullet train with the windows down.
I suppose this feeling is natural as I explore all of these things. Clearly, until you know how much you don’t know about a topic, it’s hard to ask meaningful questions and sometimes you don’t really know what you want until you see some examples.
Maybe this is how some of my clients feel.
You Don’t Have To Hate Other Groups To Love Your Own, Researcher Says August 20, 2007
Posted by markdykeman in groups, hate, love.add a comment
Shiite vs. Sunni. Red state vs. Blue state. Immigrant vs. native. While it may appear that conflict is an inevitable part of interaction between groups, research actually suggests that fighting, hating and contempt between groups is not a necessary part of human nature, according to an Ohio State University professor of psychology.
