Comments on: Technology Folks Need to Branch Out http://shinynewtoy.com/blog/2008/08/27/technology-folks-need-to-branch-out/ Causes dizziness and other side effects Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:23:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hassan Schroeder http://shinynewtoy.com/blog/2008/08/27/technology-folks-need-to-branch-out/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Hassan Schroeder Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:10:37 +0000 http://shinynewtoy.com/blog/2008/08/27/technology-folks-need-to-branch-out/#comment-323 Interesting to only find this a couple days after being at the OSL08 unconference with JJ, but that's serendipity :-) Totally agree on "branching out". When I'm stuck in a waiting room, I always look for a magazine about a topic I neither know nor care about, and at least skim it cover to cover. Pretty much always, something triggers an "aha!" moment. Often, the cheapie ads in the very back of the magazine are the most illuminating because they offer a glimpse of small businesses innovating within that space. At the very least, my next look at my own business will have a slightly fresher perspective. Interesting to only find this a couple days after being at the OSL08 unconference with JJ, but that's serendipity :-)

Totally agree on "branching out". When I'm stuck in a waiting room, I always look for a magazine about a topic I neither know nor care about, and at least skim it cover to cover. Pretty much always, something triggers an "aha!" moment.
Often, the cheapie ads in the very back of the magazine are the most illuminating because they offer a glimpse of small businesses innovating within that space.

At the very least, my next look at my own business will have a slightly fresher perspective.

]]> By: http://pikpr.blogspot.com/ http://shinynewtoy.com/blog/2008/08/27/technology-folks-need-to-branch-out/comment-page-1/#comment-140 http://pikpr.blogspot.com/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:56:00 +0000 http://shinynewtoy.com/blog/2008/08/27/technology-folks-need-to-branch-out/#comment-140 OMG - after we spoke about that on twitter, I was sitting on the beach trying to explain it to my friends who are all former deadheads. The thing they couldn't grasp is how social media applied because they aren't part of this echochamber, but yes, you GET it. You got it. Same people, new show. No growth. Fail. OMG – after we spoke about that on twitter, I was sitting on the beach trying to explain it to my friends who are all former deadheads. The thing they couldn’t grasp is how social media applied because they aren’t part of this echochamber, but yes, you GET it. You got it. Same people, new show. No growth. Fail.

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