More about bad e-mail subject lines, and a suggestion for improvement
Today I discovered I really, really want the ability to rename the subject line of any e-mail in my inbox to something that makes more sense to me (without having to create a new e-mail via forwarding or such). The problem stems from my tendency to keep actionable items in
Conferences…there’s gotta be a better way
I'm stuck in a company conference this week. For three days I'm forced to listen to colleagues say "interesting" things about their web sites and the "new" initiatives they're undertaking. There's no wifi and only a few shared machines that we can use to check e-mail, etc. I believe there's
Super Nanny: The perfect knowledge management study or guilty pleasure?
Though I have no children of my own, I've been fascinated by Super Nanny's Jo Frost. Week in and week out, she turns brats into beautifully behaved children, saves marriages, improves overall family life and makes friends with everyone while doing it. I'm in awe of her. Knowledge management is
A comment about comments
Recently, I've been talking about blogs to non-bloggers to get them interested in blogging. One of the points I make to these folks is that the value of blogs lies in building unofficial networks of people, not creating individual posts. Blogs are essentially conversations. Often, especially at first, they're one-sided
How to make me a happier feed jockey
I have come across a frustrating number of feeds of late that put no work into their headers or feed displays. I don't understand why folks would not take every opportunity to scream who they are and what they're trying to accomplish. That's marketing 101, right? I'm going to pick
What’s Your RSS Reading Strategy?
Lee Lefever at Common Craft asks what's your RSS reading strategy? I think it's a good question since more and more of the content I read on-line has gone to RSS. My strategy goes like this: I have +/-175 feeds in Bloglines categorized by the subjects I'm currently pursuing (Topical,
