DISQUS

I think we have a sinful nature...but the notion that we're "born sinning" seems a bit off for me.

I think Obama and his speech writer might call for a different interpretation of "mutually exclusive" in terms of peaceful coexistence (and I realize on the fundamentalist Islam side there are very significant issues here). I think you are right, however with respect to the theology.

On the issue of economics vs. Middle eastern relations, I see the middle east as critical to our economic welfare (at least in the medium term) as long as we are dependent on middle east oil and have trade routes in the area.

Also, given so much of world trade goes close to Indonesia in the SLOCs relationship with muslim countries is critically important to our economic welfare (i'm not sure how much carry over there is toward Muslim relations as a whole and SE Asian muslim relations)

Overall a well written piece.

>>>Nothing says “our priority is public safety” like the headline, “Police Face Bullet Shortage.”

That and "Council approves guns in bars." Quality! I love our representatives in Tennessee!

I overheard someone say to even things out we should allow guns in the house of representatives. Seems fair to me....

I just hope they have some sanity of mind and don't override Bredesen, especially when straw polls (the closest thing to real democracy) suggest that they shouldn't.

I totally identify Chris, I've had a problem with the speed of my MacBook (about 10 to15% of the time it idles as the "spinning beach ball of death" does its thing) I'm frustrated (almost to the point of throwing my laptop).

I shouldn't have to pay for Apple Care because your product has holes...or at least thats how Apple used to see things back in the day--and thats what most companies do.

Point taken. But, is taking pot shots at web celebrities legit now? Is that the way we live out our brand? And if passionate and abundant content creation is bad now: what about Chris Brogan, Gary Vaynerchuck, and Justin TV?

Certainly, it might be nice is the material was more focused or less raw. But what's wrong with experiments and some of them not being perfect? I think everybody needs a social media sandbox.

On the issue of culpability: you seem to lay blame at Roberts feet...but why not the people who read him? Shouldn't they/you just find a better way to scan?

Or why not the technology itself? Or why not Google or web developers as a whole for not developing better filters which help us get past some elements of chaff (or at least what we perceive as chaff/noise)? All that said, I think your article is well argued and raises important issues and it doesn't seem that Robert seems scathed in the least.

The alternative just seems brittle and procrustean.... (on the flip side...I'm glad I don't have to know what his cat is doing, chasing, eating, throwing up...)

This made me chuckle. Great new blog design. Very, very nice. (ps. have you checked out Brad Ruggles update?)

Create content that people will want to link to. For some that's creating a resource or identifying industry trends and for others thats touching stories about life and business. For still others thats funny cat pictures.

Create relationships both online and off with the blogs you. Twitter helps here. Facebook helps here. E-mail or a phone call can help here too. Its all about being friendly, smart, and genuine and avoiding being sales-like.

Great post. I wish I had a post like this when I started out.

It would be interesting to see a small business version of the 35+ list. Fantastic post.

Perhaps this is a firm call to re-think gray hat techniques.

Steve Rubel as a PR person is in a gray area...I think its something people across all internet marketing & traditional marketing should think about.

His suggestion to use Jott and Grand Central make compelling sense, as does his call to "batching" key tasks. And everybody can use a little 80/20 refresher.

Happy holidays!

Hope your move is going well & hope your kid gets better. All the best!

I don't see anything intrinsically wrong with prison labor, even if its at a rate lower than the minimum wage. First, if prison labor is rehabilitative (even outside the context of job training programs) doing something productive can be helpful for self-esteem and avoiding depression. Second, the price of housing criminals is something like 30k a year, so prison labor effectively seems to be a means to pay back the public.

However, Ariah, I think you're absolutely right that privitized prisons doing the same thing is certainly somewhere between suspect to reprehensible. Especially if they get to extract the labor of the prisoners for extra-profit.

I think the question of if the working conditions and hours are humane or not is certainly an important question as well.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope all is well...as well.

I hadn't seen the graffiti or logrolling video....interesting. The voter fraud is beyond skeeeeeetchy!!