As far as I’m concerned, there are four–not two–absolutes in life: death, taxes, looks matter and age matters. Ok, so maybe looks are not exactly on par with death, but it’s a scientific fact that the better looking you are, the more successful you’ll be in life. I will spare you (and me) the drudgery […]
Social Media Foot-Draggers: It’s Time to Get Over It
Social media holdouts are triumphantly circulating Nielsen Online’s recent report that more than 60% of new Twitter users stop using the service within a month. I can just see them waiting to stick the fork in Twitter and all the other social media tools with a final “I told you so,” putting the whole issue […]
The Power of..Huh?
Recently I received an email from ASAE’s president and CEO about a new campaign, The Power of A. It said something about how they were getting ready to roll out this new campaign to highlight “the many ways in which national trade and professional groups assist U.S. employers, legislators, workers and the public at large […]
Looks Matter, Even in the Blogosphere
I read an interesting post a few weeks ago but have been too busy to blog much since then; it was about how female tech bloggers are perceived differently than males. Namely, if a woman is attractive it becomes difficult to find comments that reflect on what she’s trying to say rather than how she […]
Blogging For A Living…Or Not
For whatever reason, I’ve come across a lot of posts lately about blogging for money–either for it or against it. I already expressed my thoughts about it; namely that for me, personally, blogging is about my passion for writing. Well, that and being able to share my strong opinions about things that I find fascinating […]