Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
I’ve almost finished reading Stephen King’s On writing. I love this book. No wonder: it discusses the topic I love reading about—writing, the evolution of a passion, and elements of style—and tells a story with a happy ending. On Writing is also the story of the support, recognition, and love that are needed to...
According to the reports and my first-hand experience, the 700 and some women bloggers who attended Blogher06 were a diverse bunch. It wasn’t so much because of diversity in race, sexual orientation, or age. People who attended Blogher05 say that if anything this year’s conference seemed somewhat more “heteronormative” (they also say that Blogher...
Wendy Piersall founded eMomsatHome.com in early 2006. On her site, Wendy shares tips and insights on how to start and run a home-based business and writes on the challenges and rewards of working from home. Wendy has just launched BlogJolt, a project aimed at increasing traffic and visibility of blogs by women. I’ve asked...
I had some platform migration misadventures today, I lost a post and a few comments and for a few hours my site redirected to a cute site with cartoons I cannot find any longer. My sister got it worse: she lost 2 days of work on her site… Apologies to the authors of the...
A couple of weeks ago, I got a copy of Now, discover your strengths by Gallup’s Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton. I received it at work, as a mandatory reading for managers. My initial impression was not good: the book read as a self-help book with an aggressive attitude and, above all, a money-making...
I still have a few session notes to post, but I wanted to share some thoughts on Blogher before everybody moves to the next tech/web conference and Blogher becomes ancient history. Let’s start with my gratitude for Jory, Elise, and Lisa for making the conference so amazingly affordable (a room for $75 a night?...
