I had a conversation today that caused me to spend some time thinking about failure, success, and starting over. In the course of that contemplation, some things became clear to me that, at least to me, seem pretty profound and I wanted to share them with you.
The dictionary defines success as
An event that accomplishes its intended purpose
It doesn’t say anything about cars, houses or money. It doesn’t speak to your level of education, your earnings potential, or your family genealogy. It simply and succinctly states how we can achieve success… by accomplishing our intended purpose!
That gives rise to the next logical question… Read the rest of this entry
A few weeks back, I wrote a post about Understanding the Changing Web Economy. That post was the seed thought behind a lot of thinking I’ve been doing lately and a topic submission I made for WordCamp Atlanta. Today’s post continues that thought as we look at the future of web browsing.
There have been a number of posts now on jtrigsby.com about the end of the personal computer. My wife and I had a great discussion about this very topic last night. As we continue to shrink the footprint of the devices that enable access to the vast content of the web, the way we browse that content is changing as well. Rapidly vanishing are the days or evenings spent sitting behind the monitor in the corner of the living room or spare bedroom. Today you’re just as likely to be on the bus, waiting in line for lunch, or stopped in traffic. The volume of sources that we scan regularly has grown as well, giving rise to a boon of applications designed to sync our bookmarks or make remembering all those sites easier.
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It may seem like a silly question. Most folks are pretty adept at answering the question, “What do you do?” But this weekend at BarCamp Memphis, one of the conversations I got into tossed around the question and what the right answer should be. Its something that I’ve struggled with and I bet others have too… especially when trying to explain to mom what it is you do!
Ok, so lets take a crowd sourced stab at answering this one. Here are some ideas to get you thinking… Read the rest of this entry
