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How Disillusioned Do You Want To Be?December 30 2008

Reading FriendFeed tonight and a particular comment stood out and got me to thinking more about disillusionment.

If 2008 goes down in history as nothing else, it will go down as a year when many realized that they were laboring under some very large illusions. The shock of those illusions falling away is evidenced daily in our headlines: the housing market, the stock market, and even personal tragedy as a result of the Madoff scandal.

We all have our illusions. And if you’re reading this, odds are that you’ve had a few of them shattered recently. I’ve certainly had my share of disillusionment and disappointment this year and frankly I don’t expect that 2009 is going to be much different.

Further more, I really don’t want it to be. By definition, to be disillusioned means to no longer be under an illusion. And how is that not a good thing?

As Stephen Covey put it so eloquently in

3 Steps to Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Recession - Step III: Maintain PerspectiveDecember 1 2008

Step III: Maintain Perspective Started over four weeks ago, this post (and this blog in general) has fallen prey to an overzealous work schedule, a major pitch, the natural consequences of taking my own advice, and perhaps most importantly the need to be authentic. Things are never so good that they can’t get better – and never [...]

Wine & Cheese at the Ritz!October 15 2008

Thanks to Robert Scoble, a group of 12 of us had a great time last night at the Ritz fire pit.

3 Steps to Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Recession - Step II: Dig Your Well Before You Need ItOctober 11 2008

The point of this little exercise is to intuit how well maintained you’ve kept the “well” of your network. Now is the time to invest in any deferred maintenance you’ve been putting off because you were so busy. So, let’s talk specific actions:

Taming the Beast: Managing your Social Map Part ISeptember 29 2008

Naturally, as a digital agency, we at Real Branding spend a fair amount of time educating clients and partners on social media. And of course many of us also take that into the realm of friends and family. More recently I’ve noticed that the questions are trending away from the “what is it?” category and more toward the “how do I utilize it?” category. Common comment are “yes, I know what it is, but other than keeping up with friends on Facebook, where’s the value?” and “I love it, but social media is a time suck.”

Now that we are all publishers and are all hyper-connected, the nature of managing information flow, social interactions, as well as our own time and productivity is changing as well. With that in mind, I put together a presentation for our recent company off-site that addressed the way I’ve set up my social map to handle information flow. This post is the first in a series expanding and explaining that flow. I hope its helpful and more importantly, I hope many of you will contribute your methods, tactics, and approaches to managing the ever expanding social map. Perhaps together we can continue to devise strategies and tactics that will allow us to “tame the beast.”

However, before we get to the not-so pretty graphs and visuals (I am clearly not a designer), I’ve found that there are two things that help me manage my time and productivity when interacting with social media.

1. Knowing my objective
2. Commi