Charlie Gilkey recently wrote about Seth Godin in his review of Linchpin. His review about Seth was more interesting than his review of the book (and the latter was kick-ass). Here are a few takeaways from his post that you’ll find valuable: Seth Godin has been called a revolutionary thinker, a pioneer, and a trendsetter, among other things. And while those descriptions are true, I think it’s better to understand Seth as a really good weatherman. A good weatherman tells [...]
Yeah, I know, this happened almost two years ago. But who cares? This is amazing content. If you’ve already seen it, watch it again. Refreshers are always good, especially with Seth. At about 17:20, Seth draws the line in the sand that distinguishes list-building (common among direct marketers) and tribe-building. He says: It’s not about traffic jams. It’s not about what you as a marketer are used to measuring. It’s not about hits, or pageviews, or click-throughs. It’s not about [...]
I just found out about this awesome little program on Lifehacker. CreaWriter is a Windows program designed to increase your productivity and creativity. Its minimalist interface full screen and distraction free, envolves you in a relax and calm atmosphere which stimulate your concentration and creativity in writing. I’ve been a fan of DarkRoom for a long time, but this one really takes the cake home. Magnificient interface, relaxing ambient sound, and a distraction-free writing environment. Just what I needed. Incidentally, [...]
This cool little site allows you to create dummy images on your website that you can use to determine sizes. It’s easy and elegant: Sometimes you just need a placeholder image right at your finger tips. Just enter the width + x + height at the end of this URL and off you go! Example: http://dummyimage.com/640×480 That’s all there is to it! Now go try it.
I’m always blown away by how Seth Godin manages to squeeze really interesting questions out of seemingly inocuous topics. His latest is on the personality differences between hunters and farmers. Seth says: Clearly, farming is a very different activity from hunting. Farmers spend time sweating the details, worrying about the weather, making smart choices about seeds and breeding and working hard to avoid a bad crop. Hunters, on the other hand, have long periods of distracted noticing interrupted by brief [...]