Jul
29
Among the TED Talks is one with Tony Robbins where he talks about Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better. It is an intense and interesting 20 minutes session. Among other things Tony Robbins mentions the six human needs:
1. Certainty/Comfort.
2. Variety.
3. Significance.
4. Connection/Love.
5. Growth.
6. Contribution.
I have never seen [...]
Jul
28
I am a big fan of TED Talks, they have created a list with the Top 10 TEDTalks. My favorite among those ten is Jill Bolte Taylor talking about My stroke of insight.
You can view the talks by Themes, Speakers or the Talks List. ANd while you are there, sign up for their newsletter and [...]
Jul
27
Peter who runs The Change Blog and is editor at Pick The Brain has released a free e-book. The e-book includes his best articles from his own blog and Pick The Brain. The twenty selected articles are divided into five chapters:
• Inspiration and Awareness
• Remix your day
• Change
• Blogging
• Selfimprovement
The e-book is edited in a way that makes it really [...]
Jul
21
Men With Pens, their tag line is “Shooting from the hip”, do a series called Drive-By-Shooting Sunday. It is a really cool way of doing a site review. I came across one of them and have then read many of the others too.
I have signed up for a Drive-By-Shooting of this blog, it will be [...]
Jul
20
Tim Brownson has written an e-book titled Know Yourself Change Yourself. The book deals with beliefs and values and as Tim writes:
Your belief systems and values make you tick as a person.
The book looks at the difference between a belief and a value. It also deals with how to change a belief, some of them [...]
Jul
19
I have updated my list of WordPress plugins that I use at my blogs.
StatPress is out, it logs too much to the database.
A mobile plugin is in, so is WordPress Database Backup.
Jul
19
North x East has a post about the Fifty Most Influential ‘Female’ Bloggers.
ProBlogger has a guest post by Steven Snell about A Blogger’s Guide to Branding with Social Media.
The post by Steven Snell at ProBlogger led me to his site Traffikd and A Small Blogger’s Guide to Social Media Marketing.
Pro Blog Design writes about 7 [...]
Jul
19
Freelance Folders tells us to Pay Attention! Attention to Details Will Set Your Business Apart.
WOWNDADI writes about The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pitchers.
Moolanomy has a post titled Seven Traits of Successful People.
Freelance Switch has a post with 18 Travel Tips for International Freelancers.
Mary Jaksch from Goodlife Zen has a guest post at ProBlogger with [...]
Jul
17
Over at TED is a talk from 2005 by Clay Shirky about Institutions vs. collaboration. It is a very interesting talk about how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks. Clay talks about institutions compared to collaboration, like Microsoft versus Linux. He shows the graphs behind the 80-20 rule, few contribute a [...]
Jul
12
I am testing two different plugins that shall make your WordPress blog easier to read using mobile devices. Here at fortyplustwo I have installed the WordPress Mobile Edition and over at btwendel.com I have installed the WordPress Mobile Plugin.
If you are reading this blog using a mobile, please let me know how it works.
