Seth Godin’s fear of shipping I

The Seth Godin’s fear of shipping II post is the original and much longer version of this post. … thinking that everything you produce is going to be a big hit? That’s a mistake. Obsessing over every little detail? That’ll slow you down. Worried that it won’t be good enough? That’ll stop you entirely. I…

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Another superb Richard Harbridge presentation on SharePoint

Richard Harbridge is a SharePoint expert whose presentations are superb in both their technical and educational qualities. He has technical expertise that he can deliver in a compelling and understandable fashion. Granted, a PowerPoint slide deck is a poor representation of a person delivering a presentation. Still, it gives you an idea of his thinking…

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I’m back … WordCamp Toronto 2012

This post marks my return to active WordPress blogging n the occasion of the WordCamp Toronto 2012 event. Taking my own advice — the best way to write is to just start writing — I will get going with this post and continue with posts on some of the things I found noteworthy at WordCamp…

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WP Toronto Meetup presentation 2010-12-04

This post is the text of a presentation to the 2010-12-04 session of the WordPress Toronto Meetup group. Note that the local links do not work (yet). I will either fix or remove them by 2010-12-06 (48 hours). Tags and categories presentation WordPress Toronto Meetup 2010-12-04 Robin Macrae (robinmacrae@workspacebuilders.com) Copyright 2010 Robin Macrae, All Rights…

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David Brooks: the West may be doomed by its linear thinking style

David Brooks, New York Times

In Western Men Are Doomed, David Brooks expressed the opinion that Western linear thinking was less valid than the Asian contextual and associational style. I found the following excerpt to be something worth pondering: Asians place emphasis on context while Westerners place more emphasis on individuals. This seems like a gross generalization but it is…

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Add second regular monthly session for ‘workshops’?

I enjoyed the 2010-07-18 session in part because, as a group, we have now met three or four times now and the social and collaborative aspects are starting to kick in. Although we expected attendance to drop, in fact we had a good sized group which was a healthy mixture of regulars and new people.…

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2010-07-17

These are notes of things that interest me as opposed to a report on what occurred in the session. In part, this is because the session consisted of a conversation amongst two, three or four people. See also Add second regular monthly session for ‘workshops’? Updated: 2010-07-20, 1200: Pearson/Mullenweg kerfuffle external links.

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2010-07-17 session questions

Updated 2010-07-22: revised Using get_permalink for links in posts and pages. The session today is a workshop in which several of our members will answer one on one questions specific to each person’s blog and, hopefully, resolve issues and problems on the spot. Here are mine:

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