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  • Observe, Contemplate and Execute

    21 February 2010

    Over the course of the last week I've found myself having to stretch to reach goals that I've put out in front of me.  In return though I've found that I follow a pretty normal process to acquire new skills and the more that I think about this process the more I see it other people's behavioral patterns as well. Observe This is the first step after initial discovery.  People take time to observe the landscape of a situation or how the results of an action look.  This first section can also include reading a lot of books, articles and blogs.  This is where most folks try to gain the knowledge so they can replicate the success that they have seen others have on platforms.  Unfortunately so many people get stuck in the observation stage because that's what they're taught in school to do: acquire information and regurgitate it. Contemplate The next stage that people get to is the point where they either want to replicate the actions or an opportunity to do so simply presents itself.  This is where people allow themselves to think about the possible consequences of their proposed action and it's in this place that a lack of self confidence ...

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  • @KadeRead – an experimental twitter account

    15 February 2010

    Given all the news with Google's Buzz this week and the subsequent land rush of the new adopters racing to it as if it were a panacea I decided to take a peek at it.  To be honest it like a lot of technologies doesn't strike me a game changing.  Interesting, yes. Stolen features from two long dead micro-whatever platforms (Pownce & Jaiku) mashed together with a little bit of Twitter and Friendfeed envy baked in and you have an idea what the service actually provides.  The big play here though is the install base.  I get that this is an eyeballs play and that Google better than anyone can monetize eyeballs.  There are just too many issues with the service and a few things I don't quite frankly grok which will prevent me from using it.  I really had hoped that this platform had finally provided a solution to a request I get pretty regularly. I subscribe to over 250 RSS feeds and about a dozen blog alerts for specific terms.  More than a few folks have asked me to give them the list (and I have after some slight modifications) and even more have asked me to use a ...

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  • Grateful for these folks in the start of my 2010

    11 February 2010

    So if you've been following my twitter account (@kadedworkin) you've seen a series of tweets over the last 10 days basically lamenting the fact that I've been sick.  It's been a long while since I've felt less than 95% for this long.  That stated I've continued to be blown away by how amazing people are. The first person I'd like to call out is Annie Sorensen (@anniesorensen, anniesorensen.com).  She's so elevated herself from being a work contact that I'm hesitant to even tell folks that I met her because of my job.  Incredibly intelligent and she has the ability to do anything that she sets her mind to.  Top that off with the fact that her husband Nate is one of the few people who I'm desperate to spend more time with.  He possesses such a cool confidence that I wish I had more of.  I suspect that I'll have to make a trip out to Kansas City to see them both before too long. The next group of folks that I have to thank for making me feel appreciated are the entire Polcyn family.  I knew that Grady (@gradypolcyn) was a stand up guy but I had ...

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  • Now that it’s done…

    01 February 2010

    30 posts, 544 unique visitors, 1742 page views.  Barring the last three days which have been absolutely crazy (and will require me to go back and write more substantive posts) I am going to call the 30 in 30 for January a huge success and the numbers show that.  This more than anything proves that the idea of hustle and creating any content on a regular basis can grow an audience. Are there some things I would do differently if I were to do it again? You bet. Has this experiment changed the way I think about blogging? No doubt. Will it affect my future behavior on this blog? Without question.  Should be fun to move this one in a direction that hopefully will help both you guys get value and get to know me a bit better.

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