I am also part of Michael’s reverse brain drain on CloudRecruiting.net and couldn’t be more flattered to have my name in lights with the likes of his other Think Tank members — Amybeth Hale, Dan Harris, Eric Jaquith, Geoff Peterson, Jeremy Langhans, Jim Stroud, Josh Kahn, Leslie O’Connor, Rithesh Nair, Suzy Tonini, and Tim O’Connor. I cannot say how they feel about being similarly associated with me but three out of the eleven follow me on Twitter. That say’s something doesn’t it?

I am also a shameless marketer looking to make a buck or two while the recruiting industry collapses into a heap of transaction-driven dysfunction, peddling [almost] free stuff thinly veiled as thought leadership-inspired recruiter training. Yes, while the digerati have their heads in the cloud, and ol’-timers have theirs somewhere where the sun don’t shine, this boychick follows the rainbow. What can I tell ya? I dig the cloud.

Next, in the same way that I reject the ambiguity of hijacked metaphors by confused talking heads to promote [or defend] a particular position — making an exception for moi’, of course — I would love it if we could try and get along in time for Christmas.

So, with the strains of Let There Be Peace on Earth in background…

This week I was reminded that small fish rise to small bait. I was not only tickled to see a big-fish from O’Reilly Media sniffing around ERE’s chummed waters but equally amused to see that he sniffed around and left. Well, it amused me.

[Later that day...]

Oh, bugger! Am I the small fry who just got hooked, was that linkbait barbed? Nah, it’s cool. It’s just a fast-talking and link-laden bloggin’ carny-ride. Up, up and away!