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Mark McGuinness is a B.A.D. Blogger

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Blogger A Day Call: Hello, Hello, Hello is Mark there?

Mark and I were ready for a great phone call. Skype wasn’t as prepared. After a good college try, Mark, gentleman and hero, volunteered the call from London to Chicago. What’s not to love about a blogger like that?

Mark was a business coach at the corporate level, but his passion is creativity coaching. So he changed his focus to working in the creative industries — television, film, design, and others. Last month, Mark finished his dissertation on coaching in creative businesses. He’s putting podcasts of the interviews on his blog while his dissertation is under review.

Mark and I talked about his interviews and my experiences as director of departments that were made up of editors and designers. Mark touched on the same point that Tony made yesterday — creative work requires a personal investment; then folks have to let go. We talked about managers helping with that and the way managers translate to financial folks the most effective ways creative people think and work.

Our conversation included high-trust environments and the problems of needing to be creative on-demand — the fact that no one is creative all of the time — and that people need to know that it’s okay not to be exceptional every moment.

Mark’s a poet. He drew an analogy between poetry and blogging. He pointed out that the deeper you go into poetry the more you notice the great poets connecting to poets who have gone before — he called it a poetic form of hyperlinking. One more way that poetry is code.

Imagine poets as the first bloggers . . . I can see the similarities.

B.A.D. Blogger Quote

A blog is like a book where you can see the readers reading it and talking back to you. –Mark McGuinness

Stop by Mark’s Blog, wishful thinking, and say hi!

Thanks, Mark, you B.A.D. Blogger!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Want to be a B.A.D. Blogger see the. . . a B.A.D. Blogger? page in the sidebar

Net Neutrality 11-16-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

So How About That New Congress? [via bj]

Lets do the micro first. Conrad Burns and George Allen are gone. Burns and Allen both opposed network neutrality and generally supported deregulating telecom, cable and media companies. Burns in particular was a true friend to the large broadcasters. He opposed low-power FM, supported deregulating big media companies, and generally did his best to advance the agenda of the folks I oppose.

On the flip side, Allen and Burns did support white spaces. But even so, for folks who support media and telecom reform that limits rather then enhances corporate power, their departure makes life a heck of a lot easier.

Looking to the Committee Chairs and leadership – Inouye supported overturning the FCC’s dereg in 2003-04. Inouye has also supported net neutrality, opening up the broadcast “white spaces” to unlicensed use, and protecting local franchising. While I would not call Inouye or Reid enthusiastic champions for issues I care about the way Dorgan and Feingold have been, I do think they will support positive reform on both media and telecom. They are likely to allow legislation in favor of network neutrality, low power FM, and limiting further media consolidation proposed by other members. Whether they will make such legislation a priority remains to be seen.

Want to know what you can do?
MA Bell Monopoly Versus the Free Internet — Tell the FCC Net Neutrality Is Not Negotiable

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Tony D. Clark is a B.A.D. Blogger

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Blogger A Day Call: Hello is Tony there?

Yesterday, I heard Tony D. Clark’s voice for the very first time! Today I feel good about saying I think he’s a friend of mine. Maybe part of that’s because he’s been reading Sucessful-Blog since before I was here. Immediately we were talking about good stuff.

He told me about jobs he had — drawing his cartoons on surfboards and t-shirts and working in bookstores, among others. He decided he liked having clients better than having a boss.

I told him how having three daughters meant that he had been hit by the “curse of the movers.” The curse is one my friends and I made up iwhen we were 20. It says that guys who are wild men in college should grow up to only have daughters.

The conversation was mostly about creativity. We shared thoughts on how artists, writers, and others have to invest personally to do creative work and then have to step back and let the work go. We both like the collaboration part of working with a team — how ideas change when they have everyone’s view. Tony said that his cartoons are still his favorite thing to do.

Boy, time sure flew while we were talking.

B.A.D. Blogger Quote

There aren’t enough right nows left to wait for some day. –Tony D. Clark

Stop by Tony’s Blog, success from the Nest and say hi!

Thanks, Tony, you B.A.D. Blogger!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Want to be a B.A.D. Blogger see the. . . a B.A.D. Blogger? page in the sidebar

Net Neutrality 11-15-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

We Neutrally Reserve the Right to Charge Anything at Anytime

So the first anti-net neutrality ad hit San Diego this week, claiming that unless we allow the ISPs to prioritize certain packets based upon how much the sender is willing to pay, the consumer will be forced to pay more.

I’m a bit confused…we consumers are already paying more. The ISPs already make people to pay for their internet access. And if you use a lot, such as by being a big company or a popular blogger, then your ISP starts charging you more because of all the traffic. And who pays for it? Certainly not the person providing the content. No, the costs get passed on to the consumer, of course. Whether it is through direct cost by the amount the site charges for their services or indirect cost by their charging the advertisers more for their support which the advertisers pass along, the person who pays when a site becomes popular and starts drawing traffic is the consumer.

Want to know what you can do?
MA Bell Monopoly Versus the Free Internet — Tell the FCC Net Neutrality Is Not Negotiable

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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NET NEUTRALITY PAGE

The Mic Is on and We’re Going Exploring!

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

open mike night

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

Tonight it’s we’re going exploring!

We might also talk about

  • goining exploring as a kid
  • space the new frontier
  • time traveling
  • famouns explorers

AND THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey, and Milton the Moose.

map and compass

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We’re Going Exploring!

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Who’s Got the Flashlight?

Personal Branding logo

YES, the mic will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

Tonight it’s we’re going exploring!

We might also talk about

  • goining exploring as a kid
  • space the new frontier
  • time traveling
  • famous explorers

AND THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey, and Milton the Moose.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic Is On — It’s Halloween!