DISQUS

Tell me about the isolation of working alone! It stings, sometimes. I would be open to consider coworking, but one deal breaker for me would be if there were people playing music or the radio. I don't mind some chatter, but just can't stand anyone (with different musical taste) trying to DJ for me while I am working. Is sharing music part of the coworking culture?

I haven't worried so much about the economy because my work revolves around helping companies get new business / sales / traffic / hits / orders or phone calls. I figure a bear market will be okay.

Great post on Tim Feriss' blog. I enjoyed it.

I agree that "white-n-nerdy" riding the Segway can look lame way too easy, but I saw this muscular black cop wearing mirror shades, zipping through a crowd near the waterfront in South Florida.. and I thought he actually looked pretty cool. It's like clothes or a car.. has to fit you right.

Nice post! The goldrush is a good metaphor.. I tend to see correlations with Hollywood, drugs and MLM.

I was a huge Apple boy for 3 years until the dawn of iPhone / Leopard. That is when the company jumped the shark - and I, sadly, lost my ability to fully trust them. Their motto used to be "Think Different" and now it seems to be "Think mainstream: sign contracts with Starbucks, AT&T, BMI and John Mayer." They aspire to be a shiner, hipper, greedier M$ or AOL type mega-portal more aimed at the home consumer market. I've had rough experiences with my $600 dollar iPhone with a funny headphone jack and non-working bluetooth, my $2499 MacBook pro that required service 6 times and put me out of business for weeks, Leopard crashing or fudging almost as much as XP, and new devices like AppleTV and iPhone that have to be hacked and "jailbroken" to access your own data and run progams of your choosing. I don't like planned obsolescence, I don't like proprietary formats, I ESPECIALLY don't like AOL-like music software that is locked to one store and one line of devices- and designed to frustrate you into giving up your choices. I've you've been doing digital music since Amiga .MODs it's really hard to swallow - but it might be okay for a digital music newbie or aren't particular about file management , flexibility, formats, device freedom, etc. I don't want to dislike Apple, but I can no longer trust that they won't sell their soul to the devil at the cost of my own flexibility and user experience.

Music is good. I am really stoked about the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/therealhallucinogen"target="_blank">Hallucinogen / Shpongle afterparty at the Gothic on Friday night... it is seriously potent, mind-melting, cutting-edge underground electronia.. very rare to see in a place like Colorado! The place is going to blow up from 1 to 5 AM like a hydrogen bomb...

Music is good. I am really stoked about the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/therealhallucinogen"target="_blank">Hallucinogen / Shpongle afterparty at the Gothic on Friday night... it is seriously potent, mind-melting, cutting-edge underground electronia.. very rare to see in a place like Colorado! The place is going to blow up from 1 to 5 AM like a hydrogen bomb...

I think the hardest thing about getting people to try a new technology app is that people are inundated with tons of other compelling digital signals (blogs, social networks, email, the Stumble button, IM messages, Rock Band). They have short attention spans, apathy, privacy concerns, technophobia, and an already-complicated-enough online existence. If your site doesn't communicate an enticing value proposition at a glance... or if anything is off, such as the 10 items in your list... people will bounce. Some of the best books I've read on how to make better impressions on the Web: Steven Krug's Don't Make Me think! for usability, 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Trout and Ries for branding, and MarketingSherpa's Landing Page Handbook: How to Increase Conversions (expensive, but probably worth it if your product or business depend on lots of new signups.)

Good article! I don't know that much about executive psychology and this was an interesting read.

Seriously... social media is about people... and community. The technology is just the plumbing. So focus on the people and the connections!

I have to admit I'm addicted to nice computer... and I am willing to spend on it. It's difference between digital slummin' it and digital paradise. Seeing that I spend a majority of my waking life in front of a computer... my environment got to be shiny and comfy. Bright, glossy high-res screen. Audiophile headphones. Top-of-the-line Logitech mouse (that doesn't ache my index finger to scroll). Ergonomic chair. Wrist pads and gel mouse pads. Enuff RAM. Fast processors. Beryl or Spaces, Quicksliver and OmniFocus. Hell = XP, single 1024x768, F key doesn't hit every time, jumpy mouse, Norton Anti Virus has expired would you like to update? Other stuff I'm more frugal about. Like my Ford Escort Wagon with 110k miles, blown speakers and no door handles.