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    <updated>2010-03-30T13:19:00-05:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Communicate - Connect</subtitle>
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        <title>Switch - by the Heath brothers</title>
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        <published>2010-03-30T13:19:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-30T13:25:12-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Loved it. I enjoyed all the examples of different people in the book. Chip and Dan have great story telling abilities. I have already implemented some of the ideas in this book. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is...</summary>
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            <name>David Byrd</name>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="0385528752_59ldsoqCkJ_commentText"&gt;Loved it. I enjoyed all the
 examples of different people in the book. Chip and Dan have great 
story telling abilities. I have already implemented some of the ideas 
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        <title>Rework - great book by the founders of 37signals</title>
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        <published>2010-03-30T13:13:32-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-30T13:24:08-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Short and sweet. Easy to read. There are some great ideas on running a business (as well as starting up). Definitely recommended. Rework</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Short and sweet.  Easy to read.  There are some great ideas on running a business (as well as starting up). Definitely recommended.</p>
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        <title>Word, Pages and my iPhone</title>
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        <published>2010-03-25T13:45:08-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-25T13:45:08-05:00</updated>
        <summary>VS Today I made a Pages file on my mac, and sent it to my work email. I then tried to open the Pages file on my PC using MS Word. No dice. Well, surely I can open the Mac...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://davidbyrd.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551c9b39488330120a976d939970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Icon-iwork09-pages" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e551c9b39488330120a976d939970b " src="http://davidbyrd.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551c9b39488330120a976d939970b-120wi" /></a>  VS <a href="http://davidbyrd.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551c9b39488330120a976d96d970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Word2007Logo" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e551c9b39488330120a976d96d970b " src="http://davidbyrd.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551c9b39488330120a976d96d970b-120wi" /></a> <br /> <br /> </p><p /><p>Today I made a Pages file on my mac, and sent it to my work email.  I then tried to open the Pages file on my PC using MS Word.  No dice.</p><p>Well, surely I can open the Mac Pages file on my iPhone and copy and paste the content into something else, right?  No dice again.</p><p>What am I missing here?</p></div>
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        <title>Books and Reading</title>
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        <published>2010-03-23T17:04:19-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-23T17:04:19-05:00</updated>
        <summary>I go in spurts with reading. I'll get involved in some fiction, read a few, then move into non-fiction. Currently I'm making my way through Chesterton's Orthodoxy and Pascal's Pensees while reading a business book (Rework ). It may not...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I go in spurts with reading.  I'll get involved in some fiction, read a few, then move into non-fiction.  </p><p>Currently I'm making my way through Chesterton's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Orthodoxy-ebook/dp/B000JMLDCS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&amp;s=digital-text&amp;qid=1269381829&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Orthodoxy</a> and Pascal's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pascals-Pens%C3%A9es-ebook/dp/B000SN6HUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&amp;s=digital-text&amp;qid=1269381800&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Pensees</a> while reading a business book (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307463745?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sblosh-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0307463745">Rework</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sblosh-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0307463745" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />).  </p><p>It may not be prudent, but I don't care.  </p><p>Sometimes I need to read different things.  </p><p>Even though I may take a break of reading, or even read more on my kindle than a real book, I don't think the publishing industry is in trouble.  </p><p>Here's a great video produced by a publisher: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqO2fXukLJk&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank" title="The Future of Publishing">The Future of Publishing</a></p></div>
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        <title>Good veggies</title>
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        <published>2010-03-17T20:53:24-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-17T20:53:24-05:00</updated>
        <summary>These are going with BBQ baked taters 'n chicken.</summary>
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            <name>David Byrd</name>
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        <title>What I'm reading (or, my baby steps back into blogging):</title>
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        <published>2010-03-17T15:29:04-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-17T15:50:34-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard , by Dan and Chip Heath. Excellent reading. Half way through and the ideas and examples have reminded me of things I already knew (but forgot) and also taught me things...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385528752?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sblosh-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0385528752">Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sblosh-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385528752" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, by Dan and Chip Heath. Excellent reading. Half way through and the ideas and examples have reminded me of things I already knew (but forgot) and also taught me things that I hadn't known.</div>
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        <title>Great way to think about Social Media</title>
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        <published>2009-04-30T13:43:25-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-04-30T13:43:25-05:00</updated>
        <summary>David Meerman Scott (who has great books) makes an anology which is the best I've read regarding Social Media. To quote, "I like to think of Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites as the cocktail parties of the city....</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>David Meerman Scott (who has great books) makes an anology which is the best I've read regarding Social Media.</p><p>To quote,</p><p>"I like to think of Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites
as the cocktail parties of the city. To extend the tortured analogy
even further, Twitter is sort of like when the girls go to the ladies
room and talk about the guys while the guys are discussing the girls
while they are away."</p><p>I especially like how he describes Twitter!</p><p>Nicely done David!</p><p><a href="http://www.webinknow.com/2009/04/social-media-is-a-cocktail-party.html" target="_blank">Whole Post Here</a></p></div>
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        <title>Free ebook by John Jantsch</title>
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        <published>2008-11-13T10:36:21-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-11-13T10:36:21-06:00</updated>
        <summary>I haven't read it yet, however I'm a big fan of anything John writes as he spells things out on how to accomplish things. Download it now</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I haven't read it yet, however I'm a big fan of anything John writes as he spells things out on how to accomplish things.</p><p><a href="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/11/13/free-social-media-for-business-ebook/">Download it now</a></p></div>
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        <title>More Reasons Virtual Meetings Are Gaining Popularity</title>
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        <published>2008-11-12T17:25:23-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-11-12T17:25:23-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Will virutal meetings every fully replace face-to-face meetings? With virtual conferences ever replace live, in-person conferences? I say no. I say, and have always said, that virtual meetings (audio and web conferencing) are a supplement to in-person meetings. It's like...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Will virutal meetings every fully replace face-to-face meetings?  With virtual conferences ever replace live, in-person conferences?</p><p>I say no.</p><p>I say, and have always said, that virtual meetings (audio and web conferencing) are a supplement to in-person meetings.  It's like giving your relationship with a client steroids.</p><p>Rohit agrees, "One of the interesting questions asked during the day was whether
virtual events may start to overtake real life events like this one due
to financial pressures. My response was that I think they currently
compliment each other and will continue to do so, yet it does raise the
point of the current popularity of virtual events."</p><p>This comment was made while he was attending a conference in London - read the whole post <a href="http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2008/10/6-reasons-virtu.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Rohit spells out 6 reasons why virtual events are gaining popularity.</p><p>I like the way this is going.</p></div>
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        <title>Communicating without Seeing Face-to-Face</title>
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        <published>2008-10-02T10:04:19-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-10-02T10:04:19-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Guy Kawasaki talks about the differences of email versus face-to-face communication. Interesting read. It makes me think of a hybrid - video conferencing. It's in between email and face-to-face. More than a phone call, less than actually being there. I...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/09/is-face-to-face.html" target="_blank">Guy Kawasaki</a> talks about the differences of email versus face-to-face communication. Interesting read. It makes me think of a hybrid - video conferencing. It's in between email and face-to-face. More than a phone call, less than actually being there. I wonder how this would fit into Guy's equation.</p></div>
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