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Your New Resume
> “Your latest tweet and comment on Facebook and the most recent blog post - that’s your resume now.” — Gary Vaynerchuk [http://garyvaynerchuk.com/]
Productivity Starts with a Why
> “There is no money, inherently, in being productive.” - Stever Robbins [http://www.steverrobbins.com/] Perfectly put. If you don’t spend time on why you’re doing something before you dive into your favorite GTD app, you’re only moving more efficiently in the wrong direction.
A New Way to Rent Photo Gear
Another way to go minimal with your photo gear is simply to rent or borrow what you need when you need it. My friend Ron has taken this idea to another level with his startup SnapGoods [http://snapgoods.com/]. Simply put, it’s a way to connect with a community
What Groupon Can Learn from Itself
A week ago, Patrick Rhone posted [http://therandompost.com/post/4524923893/sweet-teeth-turn-into-butter-with-the-soft-crunch] about the following copy he found in a Groupon offer he received: > “Sweet teeth turn into butter with the soft crunch of the chocolate croissant ($2.95), and macaroons ($2.25 each) melt the taste buds of
Drawing a Blank
Business cards are one-size-fits-all affairs, revealing the same information for total strangers and your best customers. Pre [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dogVyJn6MS0]-packaged, pre-designed and pre-determined. What a waste of an opportunity to connect. I’m talking about blank business cards. Marketers often talk about the greater impact
Print This Email
From the Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471904576228712797236124.html] (via Jack Baty [http://jackbaty.com/2011/04/save-a-forestprint-your-emails/]): > “Notice: It’s OK to print this email. Paper is a biodegradable, renewable, sustainable product made from trees. Growing and harvesting trees provides jobs for millions of Americans.
A Lesser Photographer Gallery Launches
It’s a founding pillar of our philosophy that Lesser Photographers photograph what they find moving, no matter what the market wants and that’s what makes it art. So while we may never be media moguls, we can still make a difference. It’s in that spirit that I
Why Journal?
Dave Caolo [http://52tiger.net/], writer/curator of nerdery, prompted me to elaborate on the advantages of journaling for writers, after my review of Day One [https://www.cjchilvers.com/journal/day-one.html]. I’ve been writing for some kind of publication for 24 years. I write 8 hours a
Sleep It Off
From guilty pleasure CBS Sunday Morning, Ben Stein makes the case [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360204n&tag=contentMain;contentBody] for sleep, quoting University of Chicago Economist Frank Knight: > “Never waste any time you could spend sleeping.” It makes you calmer, less irritable, less fearful and
Event Photographers
I’ve only really studied and obsessed over landscape photography, so when the chance cropped up to volunteer as an Event Photographer for a charity event, I was apprehensive, but willing. I have a whole new respect now for the Event Photographer: the endless hours on your feet, the rejection