Inbox zero and other stories
Reflections on two weeks of using @liftworldwide: ‘a daily indicator of how I am, or am not, prioritizing’. Over at vibes. Related Posts:Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong“Three...
View ArticleHow to pitch a tech blogger | Mark M Hendrickson
From 2010, still relevant. Related Posts:Content Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink“another VC recently told me his firm recently had…Panel: How Tech Is Changing the Way Women Work“it might be worth...
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Getting things done the Galavant way
I’m a huge fan of lifehacking, by which I mean “I am completely overscheduled and need more hours in my day, so in lieu of a Time-Turner I’m going to need to be as efficient as possible”. I sometimes...
View ArticleYour users know when you’re only pretending to be personal
I really like BestVendor, a site that “helps you find the best work apps to get things done”. Recently, they launched their List-A-Thon feature, a way for users to create their own lists of the tools...
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Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong
Just look at that graph. On the one hand, you have all the social networks that you know. They’re about 43.5 percent of our social traffic. On the other, you have this previously unmeasured darknet...
View ArticleThe Product is the Byproduct
There’s a blog post in my brain about the difference between your company and your product, and this tremendous deck by Zach Holman articulates a lot of what I’ve been thinking: “A great product [is]...
View ArticleSocial Media and the Devolution of Friendship: Part II » Cyborgology
Add this theme to the list of blog-posts-in-my-brain. In short, “sharing” has become a lot easier and a lot more efficient, but “being shared with” has become much more time-consuming, demanding, and...
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On Mentorship: a reading list Related Posts:Get The Galavant TimesYour users know when you’re only pretending to be…Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web WrongBecause, why not. Or,...
View ArticleVideo: So you want to be a non-technical product manager?
Related Posts:Panel: How Tech Is Changing the Way Women WorkBecause, why not. Or, introducing the Galavant TimesPresenting your best self and ideas on air and online: a…Galavant Media on Up With Chris...
View ArticlePanel: How Tech Is Changing the Way Women Work
Related Posts:Video: So you want to be a non-technical product manager?Because, why not. Or, introducing the Galavant TimesGalavant Media on Up With Chris Hayes: July 22 2012Presenting your best self...
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30 Important Women Under 30 in Tech: a list…
…in which I am included. Thank you to the folks who nominated me, and to the BI reporter who compiled the list – Megan Rose Dickey – for including me.
View ArticleStorify: On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
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View ArticleHands up! (or, on transparency in newsrooms)
Media types are all a-twitter about this Seth Godin post, “Principles for Responsible Media Moguls“. So I thought I’d cross-post a piece I wrote in 2011 on transparency in newsrooms. I’m fascinated by...
View ArticleExperts coast. Amateurs work.
I really enjoyed this perspective from “The Eloquent Woman” blog, on her recent decision to hire a speaking coach (she is, herself, a speaking coach): You may wonder why a coach would get a coach. I...
View ArticleHey, tech companies: your employee referral policy may be violating US law
I think alot about how to create and nurture diverse, high-performance teams and workplaces. That ranges from being vigilant about the language used in job adverts and in any company materials for...
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Why do developers and product managers skimp on profile management?
Now that OtherInBox is pissing off its users for the second time in three years, I’m going through the less-than-fun exercise of switching a couple hundred logins and subscriptions to new email...
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[SQAS] Mobile + email = are we really ready for this?
Posts labelled [SQAS] (as in Stats, Quotes, Anecdotes, Snippets) will feature nuggets of information and insight. These are the kinds of things I save in Evernote because I’m a digital hoarder because...
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[I’m Reading] Asking people to share articles…leads to more shares
As much as I wince when I see “Please RT”, clear calls to action do work on social media. Here’s a deep-dive from Facebook’s data scientists, who went full-wonk in this post on memes (emphasis mine):...
View Article[I’m Reading] ‘Online, each story is at best its own magazine, sent out to...
Excellent piece written by Ben Smith and published on Medium: Online, each story is at best its own magazine, sent out to find its own temporary audience. One article may absorb people who subscribe,...
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