Publications
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Coding for deliberation
One of my favourite organizations working on dialogue and deliberation challenges is the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD). They've done a great job of building community among people doing civic engagement, dialogue and deliberation work, and...
In search of the perfect host
Rob and I seem to be in the market for a new web host. We've been delighted with our current hosts, Ace of Space, but as our site and domain empire expands, it's beginning to look like it would be economical for us to get a hosting package that allows unlimited...
You got your Treo in my custom RSS feed
I've been talking a lot about RSS on this site for some time now. And lately I've been talking about Treos too. Now you can have both great flavours in one thanks to this little demo of how the best sources of custom RSS feeds can help you find everything you want to...
Rob Cottingham » A little something for the Getting Things Done crowd
OK, Getting Things Done fans: my extremely witty and brilliant husband has got a must-see web page: Rob Cottingham » A little something for the Getting Things Done crowd
My kingdom for a link*
Rob thinks my new comment form is lame and desperate. I say, maybe he would reassert some claim to even participating in our rank war if he actually deployed a little strategy himself. As any politician knows, you've got to ask people for their vote. And any...
Drupalled
OK, I'm officially drinking the Drupal Koolaid. Boris skyped me through the process of putting our doc on choosing the telecentre.org platform right into the Drupal handbook itself. Now I feel all Drupally and won't be able to sleep.
On not getting things done
My explorations of Treo software, switching aware from Entourage, Voodoopad and Tinderbox have plunged me into the seamy underworld of Getting Things Done -- or GTD to its fans. I find myself intrigued, if not seduced, and it's all-to-easy to imagine leafing my way...
Powerblogher questions: on tagging, bookmarking and wikis
Debra Roby, one of the folks at our powerbloghers session, blogged & emailed with these questions: Tagging. why should I care? and how do I do it? Social bookmarking. same question. Setting up a wiki?? Where, why and most importantly how?? Let me tackle each one in...
Powerbloghers, please stand up
Last weekend I presented an Advanced Tools session at Blogher, which didn't work out exactly as planned since we lost our Internet connection in minute 2 of the session. But the very generous and eager crowd bore with our reversion to flipcharts, and we made it...
The perfect note app for a post-Entourage world
The extremely fabulous Leda Dederich asked me about how I'd handle tasks and notes after my switch from Entourage to Apple apps. I was worried about losing "Tasks" too. Turns out they're built into iCal! So no worries there. Re: Notes, it's a little more complicated....
The Harvard Business Review
Coding for deliberation
One of my favourite organizations working on dialogue and deliberation challenges is the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD). They've done a great job of building community among people doing civic engagement, dialogue and deliberation work, and...
In search of the perfect host
Rob and I seem to be in the market for a new web host. We've been delighted with our current hosts, Ace of Space, but as our site and domain empire expands, it's beginning to look like it would be economical for us to get a hosting package that allows unlimited...
You got your Treo in my custom RSS feed
I've been talking a lot about RSS on this site for some time now. And lately I've been talking about Treos too. Now you can have both great flavours in one thanks to this little demo of how the best sources of custom RSS feeds can help you find everything you want to...
Rob Cottingham » A little something for the Getting Things Done crowd
OK, Getting Things Done fans: my extremely witty and brilliant husband has got a must-see web page: Rob Cottingham » A little something for the Getting Things Done crowd
My kingdom for a link*
Rob thinks my new comment form is lame and desperate. I say, maybe he would reassert some claim to even participating in our rank war if he actually deployed a little strategy himself. As any politician knows, you've got to ask people for their vote. And any...
Drupalled
OK, I'm officially drinking the Drupal Koolaid. Boris skyped me through the process of putting our doc on choosing the telecentre.org platform right into the Drupal handbook itself. Now I feel all Drupally and won't be able to sleep.
On not getting things done
My explorations of Treo software, switching aware from Entourage, Voodoopad and Tinderbox have plunged me into the seamy underworld of Getting Things Done -- or GTD to its fans. I find myself intrigued, if not seduced, and it's all-to-easy to imagine leafing my way...
Powerblogher questions: on tagging, bookmarking and wikis
Debra Roby, one of the folks at our powerbloghers session, blogged & emailed with these questions: Tagging. why should I care? and how do I do it? Social bookmarking. same question. Setting up a wiki?? Where, why and most importantly how?? Let me tackle each one in...
Powerbloghers, please stand up
Last weekend I presented an Advanced Tools session at Blogher, which didn't work out exactly as planned since we lost our Internet connection in minute 2 of the session. But the very generous and eager crowd bore with our reversion to flipcharts, and we made it...
The perfect note app for a post-Entourage world
The extremely fabulous Leda Dederich asked me about how I'd handle tasks and notes after my switch from Entourage to Apple apps. I was worried about losing "Tasks" too. Turns out they're built into iCal! So no worries there. Re: Notes, it's a little more complicated....
OneZero
Using B2C social media for B2B marketing
Think of your social media presence as a party: you’re inviting lots of pretty people (the end customers), who in turn will bring in lots of smart/rich people (your customers).
Three steps for companies getting started with social media
Listen. Think. Engage. These are the three steps every company should follow.
10 steps to get your e-mail inbox to zero every day
Learn the simple system I used to get from an inbox of over 2000 messages to an empty inbox — and to keep it there.
How I got to inbox zero
Just ten days ago, I really did have more than thirteen hundred unread messages in my inbox. But today is the eighth day of my new zero inbox lifestyle, and it’s starting to feel like it’s going to stick. I share the secret here.
10 social media travel tools
This blog post originally appeared on the Harvard Business Review. Travel budgets are under serious pressure right now. Trips that were once approved via rubber stamp now must pass through the Politburo Standing Committee to get a green light. Thankfully, a host of...
Social media tips for business travel, today in Harvard Business online
Today, Harvard Business online has published my top tips for using social media to get the most out of business travel.
Enrich your content with Zemanta
I’m writing this blog post with the assistance of Zemanta, a web service that claims to enrich your blog posts and emails by inserting links, related pictures, articles and tags.
Wanted: Universal connector service for all my friends and social networks
Rather than importing and updating my contact list on each individual network, I want a universal connector service. I’m envisioning a single dashboard, based on my core set of contacts — in my case, probably my Gmail contact list.
JSTOR DAILY
Using B2C social media for B2B marketing
Think of your social media presence as a party: you’re inviting lots of pretty people (the end customers), who in turn will bring in lots of smart/rich people (your customers).
Three steps for companies getting started with social media
Listen. Think. Engage. These are the three steps every company should follow.
10 steps to get your e-mail inbox to zero every day
Learn the simple system I used to get from an inbox of over 2000 messages to an empty inbox — and to keep it there.
How I got to inbox zero
Just ten days ago, I really did have more than thirteen hundred unread messages in my inbox. But today is the eighth day of my new zero inbox lifestyle, and it’s starting to feel like it’s going to stick. I share the secret here.
10 social media travel tools
This blog post originally appeared on the Harvard Business Review. Travel budgets are under serious pressure right now. Trips that were once approved via rubber stamp now must pass through the Politburo Standing Committee to get a green light. Thankfully, a host of...
Social media tips for business travel, today in Harvard Business online
Today, Harvard Business online has published my top tips for using social media to get the most out of business travel.
Enrich your content with Zemanta
I’m writing this blog post with the assistance of Zemanta, a web service that claims to enrich your blog posts and emails by inserting links, related pictures, articles and tags.
Wanted: Universal connector service for all my friends and social networks
Rather than importing and updating my contact list on each individual network, I want a universal connector service. I’m envisioning a single dashboard, based on my core set of contacts — in my case, probably my Gmail contact list.
