http://www.erelevant.net A blog about electronic marketing, culture, and life on the digital frontier. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:23:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This entry is part of the erelevant Virtual Reading Group. I am a passionate, sometimes brash, and always opinionated person, which a cursory glance over the archives will probably show you. I tend to get emotionally invested in what I’m doing, which can sometimes have disastrous effects in the workplace. ... http://www.erelevant.net/2008/03/18/featured-book-sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-%e2%80%93-schedule/ If you believe Steve Jobs, then reading good, old-fashioned paper books is becoming a dead practice. I, for one, love books. I love how they feel, how they smell, and I love the process of taking long periods of time to explore and absorb ideas. That’s why, ... http://www.erelevant.net/2008/03/18/erelevant-virtual-reading-group/ I met my wife in a CGI chatroom called “Gothica” in 1997. As teenagers of the mid-nineties, we were discovering the joys and pitfalls of crafting a digital identity for the first time in that refreshingly innocent time before kids in black clothes equated to possible mass murderers. ... http://www.erelevant.net/2008/03/14/initiation-into-the-digital-mysteries/ http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ - Blog of Danah Boyd. A PhD student studying privacy and the internet. http://greenteaicecream.co.uk/ - "Social Value and the Social Web" http://www.fastcompany.com/ - Interesting blog associated with Fast Company magazine. http://www.erelevant.net/2008/03/13/links-for-march-13-2008/ I am taking a hiatus for the remainder of the summer to finish some hulking, be-fanged programming projects. Once those are complete, I am going to “take off the training wheels” on erelevant--redesign and revision it around a broader central theme. It will be less personal, less inflammatory ... http://www.erelevant.net/2007/05/17/hiatus/ When Time magazine named "You" as its person of the year in 2006, it was a ham-handed attempt to salute "user-generated content" as the driving force behind Web 2.0. Last year MySpace and YouTube commanded $580 million and $1.6 billion, respectively, because regular folks participate in the grand techno-democratic experiment, ... http://www.erelevant.net/2007/03/30/prisoners-of-youtube-viral-victims/ Spring Break is starting here... Have a comic. http://www.erelevant.net/2007/03/16/happy-friday/ By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK Feb 27, 2007 (AP)— Today's college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society. "We need to stop endlessly repeating ... http://www.erelevant.net/2007/02/28/market-moment-rising-narcissism-among-college-students/ Friday Reports give a rundown of what I did over the week. It’s a window into the process here at WWC as well as a way for me to keep some records. Latest Bookmarks The biggest development this week was the addition of the Podcast Crew as a subdivision of the Web ... http://www.erelevant.net/2007/02/27/friday-report-for-the-week-of-21907-22307/ VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Warren Wilson College invites applications for the position of Vice President for Advancement, with a starting date of July 1, 2007. Position Summary: Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Advancement leads an aggressive fundraising/development operation and supervises the Office of College Relations. She or he must ... http://www.erelevant.net/2007/02/23/come-work-with-us/