Twitter and Who is Making Money
My buddy in Silicon Valley sent me this article exposing some of the “behind the scene” twitter action.
http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/05/celebrity-tweets-twitter/
I was shocked and to be honest, a bit jealous. Guess I have to make the move to So Cal and become a reality star.
The truth is most tweeters won’t get that kind of coin for there 1 liners but there still is money and market share for the average Joe.
Erik and I created a video that was originally only for members about Twitter tools, secrets, and techniques but I’m feeling awfully generous and convinced Erik to put it up on a public site.
Nothing to sell to you just some good ole’ behind the scenes goofing off and information.
Have a great day,
Spencer
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Animoto Video Contest Winner Is…
Thanks to everyone who participated and for the overwhelming feedback.
One of our young loyal fans submitted multiple videos to our contest and our judges chose his video as the winning Animoto video. Our contest winner is Josh, who says he has been wanting a Flip video camera for some time.
You Don’t Pick Your Passions…They Pick You
Does that sound crazy or does it make sense? Not to get too philosophical…but I know that everyone has a purpose to fulfill on this earth. Whether it is to create beautiful music or artwork for others to enjoy, raise awesome children, or develop an invention that changes the world. Everyone’s purpose is important regardless of the scale, as we measure it. The blend of personalities and purposes brings diversity and beauty to our lives. Thus, we cannot make the judgement that what is right for us should be right for others.
This makes me think of Robinson Kreutznaer (Crusoe) who although received sound counsel from his father to be content with the “safe” middle class life he had been handed, he could not resist the inclination that led him so strongly against his father’s command and against all the entreaties and persuasions of his mother and friends. That inclination, back in the 1650’s as the story goes, was to head out to the seas.
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Interview with Sahil Parikh, founder DeskAway
Had a great Skype interview with Sahil where he discussed tips for managing virtual teams, use of collaboration tools including DeskAway, and other factors that contribute to the success of doing business virtually. Sahil says the single biggest factor that contributes to a team’s success is TRUST. There must be trust amongst the team members that each will do his or her part and that they will take the time to update progress in the online tool box, DeskAway. He says that an early sign that a team member is off track is when they fail to report their task completion in DeskAway.
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