by Whitney | Mar 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately. Community has been important since the beginning of civilization. People self-sort into all sorts of communities, usually based on similar interests. Communities form around geographic locations (neighborhoods),...
by Whitney | Mar 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
This is a topic that many people in the new media world are wrestling with- How can you make money, or make a living, doing what you love? Or does making money at something you love turn it into a job? And is that a good thing or a bad thing? I regularly wrestle with...
by Whitney | Mar 2, 2007 | blogtag
I spent last weekend in Toronto at PodCamp, and presented a session with Mark Blevis and Chris Brogan about Return on Influence. What Mark and I call the real ROI (rather than return on investment) of new media. This session was about how the power of new media is...
by Whitney | Feb 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
This is a small world, getting smaller all the time. The old phrase of “six degrees of separation” has been replaced with 6 pixels, and I actually think it’s even smaller than that. For example, today I was working on a project, and I sent an email...
by Whitney | Feb 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Life seems to be becoming more and more about “Setting standards.” Kids are supposed to meet a set of standards in school, set by the State and Federal Government. There are supposed to be standards for behavior; there are quality control standards in...
