Here are 140 services that were going to change the way we used Twitter. A brief saunter through the list and I can’t find a single one still in existence. The creators, marketeers, investors and contributors probably thought they had the next big thing. Their biggest mistake was not realising that Twitter was the next… Read More That next big thing
We use assumptions all the time – we have to otherwise we’d be spending all of our days checking, re-checking, validating and confirming things that are held to be natural truths. But some assumptions need to be challenged. The most pervasive one is about online learning; learning online isn’t online learning. Don’t assume that because… Read More Assumptions
Unexpected random collections of thoughts can lead to compelling journeys. Authors put them in books, directors put them in films, ‘creatives’ write, draw, paint, sculpt, bricolage and re-assemble, taking what might be random things and applying a narrative to them. I realised recently that my interest is in the elements to create the narrative, not… Read More Random thinking
One of the problems adding your details to forums, events, webinars and publicity materials is the almost metronomic follow ups. I did some things at the end of last year and, as if by magic, I received a flurry of emails a few weeks ago ‘following up’ on my initial contacts. It isn’t magic of… Read More Contact + 30 days = action
Apparently, I have the numbers of followers below in various guises on the different platforms I use: 70 137 446 1543 4491 Data is meaningless without context and just having ‘lots’ doesn’t automatically lead to engagement, acknowledgment, or validation. Beware people who are concerned with the size of the followship; they are just numbers. The… Read More Followers
Lost and Desperate 