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Just for giggles…my desk.

Phil at geekyinfo is another OneNote fan. [here]
Like I said before, my Moleskine habit covers my note-taking needs quite well.

Oh…wow! This Origami is insane!

Thanks to the Frog for the link…an Origami moose?

Ok, maybe I am only partial digerati. I cannot understand the love and passion generated by podcasts.
And after flaming him, I have to come down hard on the side of Charles Cooper. I can’t see how podcasts will change the world.
I did amateur radio in the 80s at CFUV at UVic. Many weird “aaahhhhh…uhhhhh….ummmm…” moments, followed by obtuse humour and loud music.
I have also been recorded and have heard my own voice. Wouldn’t want to share that with anyone….[shudder!]
Maybe I am just having a post-customer presentation stupid moment…maybe I will get flamed as well…but if I want amateur radio, I’ll hit up a college station.

I flamed Charles Cooper in a spur of the moment post a few days ago, and he burned me back this morning.
I pulled the post, because in 20/20 hindsight, and to quote Michael Keaton, “I sir, am an ass!”.
Charles, you didn’t deserve it; just two smart people coming to the same conclusion at about the same time.
Shake?

Now, pair this up with Adblock in Firefox and poof! Web goes bye-bye!
Via John Battelle

Mike McLaughlin lists ten things that all consultants need to understand bout solution selling.
I see many of these at work in the sales processes that my company is involved in. These rules/concepts are the same for any complex sale, but #7 and #9 are the ones that affect me the most.

Michael O’Connor Clarke has started a series that I will be following, especially adter some of the feedback I got over the Fire your PR Firm post last week.
Today’s episode in the Seven Deadly Agency Types: The Sweatshop. A very informative read.

Brad Feld helps me extend my list of meaningless phrases that should never be used to include World Class. [here]
Since I consciously started considering every word that I say, and making a very conscious effort to try and use the simple instead of the complex, I find that I am much more aware of what I used to say, and how ridiculous it sounded.
So, when you could say “We have a Best Practices process that is World Class”, translate into the Feld-ese: We suck less, and we will help you suck less.
What other phrases are there that we all use to try and fit in? What other crap have we polluted our language with?

The Moleskinerie (A Moleskine fan/Bzzzz blog) agrees with me that the Stationery is Bad campaign is for only some of the digerati elite. [here]
I got my Moleskine Datebook 2 days ago…I love it. As a member of a corporate culture, the Outlook Calendar is an evil necessity. But I am finding that I am far too tactile to live by that alone. I like being able to make random notes about a day on a piece of paper, and hold it in my hands.
I have many of my old datebooks, and when I look back over them, I can vividly remember the events that I note, remember why a to-do was so important, and have access to the memories with a simple glance.
PDAs and calendaring software allows us to have an extreme focus on the present; journals and physical datebooks allow us to remember the past.
I am off to purchase an Accordion Folder now….

 
If I could, this is what I would boil my travelling package down to. Brian Mitchell has manage to simplify his life to where I am aiming for.