Weekly Grab Bag – March 13, 2010
It's been a long week, so please accept my apology for not having the links up Friday morning. But now you can kick back and read them in peace, away from your cubical.
It's better this way.
1. Breaking Away From Generation Now (Life Without Pants) – I think I'm in the minority when I say that I don't view my blog as a potential source of income. Sure, I think it could accentuate my resume, but I'm not interested in turning it into my full-time job because it doesn't make sense from a financial standpoint. Which is why I'm glad there are people out there like Matt Cheuvront who say it's okay to not have grand self-sufficient goals in mind. Like I commented on his blog: We can't all work four-hour weeks.
2. Cut the Corporate Speak(WorkAwesome) - There is no quicker way to get somebody to tune you out at work then to start using lazy, uninspired buzz words to convey a sense of urgency. The WorkAwesome blog (which is quickly becoming a favorite of mine) puts it much better than I.
3. Foursquare Introduces New Tools For Businesses (New York Times Bits Blog) - What better way to track your customers than to actually track when they step foot inside your store? Foursquare is introducing a free dashboard for businesses that will allow them determine the busiest times of day or choose food specials, among other things. From there, business owners can reach out to their customers directly on Twitter to gain feedback. This isn't new stuff, but it still excites me.
4. Using a three-folder system to keep e-mail under control (Unclutterer) – Uh oh. PRODUCTIVITY ALERT! Ya'll know by now that I'm a sucker for e-mail control. This blog post breaks it out into a three-folder system. I think it needs some work since the to-do folder would grow exponentially, but it has promise.
5. The Faces Behind the Famous Hands (The Big Money) – Were you ever curious to know what the world's most famous hand models look like? Well, consider your curiosity killed. The Big Money pulls back the curtain on some of the most iconic hand ads.
6. 15 reasons to love social media (Social Media Today) – I have to say that #14 is my favorite, along with millions of other bloggers, I'm sure.
Now that you've read mine, tell me: What captured your attention this week?
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