Archive for August, 2008
Radical Transparency: Widely Discussed, Rarely Executed
So I’ve been thinking a lot about my last blog post. Reasons to delete it, or not. I say to myself, “Greg, this is one of those things people can look at and frown down upon in the future.” At the same time, I feel like there is a rawness to it. Something real. If people see a bad word, or that I staunchly disagree with them on their core beliefs, and judge me on it, cool. I’m judging them right back.
What Is An Original Idea Worth?
Today, business people are finally using the internet to learn about other businesses and help grow their own. In this discovery, they are also finding that they aren’t unique. Someone in China is doing the same thing for a fraction the price. It’s the same thing Metallica saw with Napster. Pirates weren’t just stealing their music, they were discovering all the other Metallicas too. What a humbling experience this must have been.
The Best Tool To Filter Noise
For me, there are many things that can make a good day, a good day. For some people, it can be simple things like driving and seeing a really cute puppy on the way home from work. For me, when I get a new idea, or something changes the way I think about something, I feel like it has been a good day. One of my favorite ways I get this feeling is from reading RSS feeds. But there is a deep dark secret about RSS feeds that bloggers do not share.
Keeping It All In Perspective
Here are some things that will help you keep things in perspective as you write online