http://blogversity.com A Crucible for Blogging, Business & Life in the Bubble Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:29:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I started reading The Secret Underground A Guide to Social Media for Organizations by Colin McKay it reminded me of two things: First thing: An earlier reading of Gifford Pinchot's book Intrapreneuring, a topic worth revisiting I think; Second thing: Recent conversations with all sorts of people who lament the problems ... http://blogversity.com/2008/07/14/the-secret-underground-a-guide-to-social-media-for-organizations/ Just posted on Social Disorders: Do Not Adjust Your Set on my Recruitomatic blog: Particularly disappointing was Scoble’s self-confessed, web-enabled obsessive-compulsiveness and apparent delight at finding new ways to feed it. Rather than seek help for what most would consider a disorder it appears he finds all the solace he needs ... http://blogversity.com/2008/07/12/workfast-tv-the-future-of-work-is-as-boring-as-hell/ I guess these days I am easily distracted as evidenced by this post, one thing leading to another... On researching cognitive bias I came across Enemies of Reason by Professor Richard Dawkins. The program originally aired on Channel 4. This discovery coincided with my browsing around on YouTube this time researching, ... http://blogversity.com/2008/07/07/better-than-the-telly-enemies-of-reason/ Back in December I saw this teaser posted by Miikka Leinonen on SlideShare, and more recently updated on Insightory.com. | View | Upload your own Here is a copy of the book, Strategy of Giving free to download and distribute of course! The Strategy of Giving site is packed with ... http://blogversity.com/2008/03/30/strategy-of-giving/ It has been a good many years since I first got my hands on a copy of Intrapreneuring: Why you don't have to leave the corporation to become an entrepreneur by Gifford Pinchot. Few books have had such a lasting impression on me. I have kept a copy close to ... http://blogversity.com/2008/01/02/gifford-pinchot-a-gift-that-keeps-giving/ In short, some of us need to get out more! Read the post here... ShareThis http://blogversity.com/2007/12/29/lessons-learned-from-the-recruiting-roadshow/ A personal reflection posted on Recruitomatic today. It is about recruiting big-biller Bill Vick's presentation at the Dallas Recruiting Roadshow. Bill’s presentation introduced “bleeding edge” technology to recruiters who by and large — by their own show of hands — were hemorrhaging on old notions of how to use the Internet. ... http://blogversity.com/2007/12/12/bill-vick-and-towers-of-confusion/ I just posted Food for Thought: Ripping Yarns on Recruitomatic, the fourth in a Food for Thought... series. Trying to wrap my head around information foraging theory I'm hoping a modern-day forager can help me make some stodgy stuff a little easier to digest...hmmm, maybe not! The Discovery Channel airs an ... http://blogversity.com/2007/12/10/telling-tales/ I came across this helpful guide some time ago. It resurfaced today: | View | Upload your own Can't see the presentation? Click here to view on SlideShare]ShareThis http://blogversity.com/2007/12/08/25-basic-styles-of-blogging/ Like most of the southeast, Georgia is suffering from one of the worst droughts in living memory. In a state with such a large population of believers it should come as no surprise that one popular response to this disaster of near-biblical proportions is to take it to the Lord in ... http://blogversity.com/2007/11/16/praying-for-rain-oh-yea-of-little-faith/