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Sweettt.com - Episode 11 - Information Flow - Part 2

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Matt and Luis continue the discussion on information flow.  This part of the discussion
starts with a rant by Luis on email.  Is it the tool or the bad habits that we all share
that makes email evil? And the questions continue to explore: What is more important,
quality or quantity? Who you are in your blog is very different than who you are in a
microblog. What constitutes a valid blog?  Can a blog be trivial? When does your Twitter
become a village? - See Laura Fitton How do you enter a online social village and navigate
its streets? To achieve flow in the information space, how do you sample information? What
is the alternative to managing content within the information space? How do you choose
which new technology to use in the information sharing space? What kind of people try
technology first?  What does a bleeding edge early adopter look like?  See Chris
Miller How do you keep track of your new technology? What's the ideal amount of technology
for the majority of us? Which is the predominant future trend, increased technology
fragmentation with more tools, or consolidation of technology into fewer tools? If
services become specialized and exploited in other contexts (other web sites), what will
be the incentive for the service to be provided, especially if people are not going to the
homepage? Download or Play Subscribe to Sweettt.com via: Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe
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Sweettt.com - Episode 10 - Information Flow - Part 1

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In this episode, the discussion covers addiction to information sources.  This is the
first of a 3-part series on information overload.  If you don't feel overloaded, then
consider this information flow.  When we say «flow,»
think Csíkszentmihályi Are we in a world that overloads us?  Are we overwhelmed?
 Or, do we find ourselves in an abundant net, enriching our minds in limitless ways? How
can we handle so much information? What if you miss something? Have your parents taught
you personal twitter hygiene? Twitter overload, what do you do about it?  See Twitter
Whore 1 & Twitter Whore 2 Who do you ignore?  On what ground can you ignore someone?
 Is ignoring something really taboo, or our dirty little secret? Under what circumstances
will you allow someone else to control you? How addictive is email?  see
also Roo Reynolds & Suw Charman-Anderson Can we be more productive?  see 20 Tech
Habits to Improve Your Life Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via Podcast Alley Subscribe
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think.  Join the discussion in the comments below.

Sweettt.com - Episode 5 - How to Make a Great Podcast

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Hi folks! In this Episode, Luis and I discuss how we are going to handle the logistics of
our podcast (e.g. length, number of topics, how to post, how to handle show notes, etc.) 
We both want to make sure that we're using the time to create quality for ourselves and
our listeners.  And so, we need to figure out the right format for getting those great
conversations we've been having into a publishable & consumable podcast. Subscribe
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the kinds of things we're planning to do.  Are we on track?  Is this what makes for a
great podcast?  What would you do differently?  If you were creating your own podcast,
would you consider this good advice? Show Notes 00:30 - Introduction 00:50 - We've
actually up to the 5th episode with this one 01:15 - Previously, on Sweettt.com... 01:50 -
Maybe we should use the word Tertulia. 02:15 - Tertulia is already used.  But not Sweettt
Tertulia - Place to be... This is quite an exotic word, not English.  Anything not
English is exotic, right? 03:35 - The topic of conversations is really the focus here. 
If you focus the conversation, what do you get?  Let's consider all the things we could
do, or should do with this podcast. 04:15 - A good podcast will focus on just one or two
topics. 06:00 - We hit 113 downloads from Sweettt.com when we checked on Episode 3 07:30 -
Doug Cornelius - says that a good blog post should focus on one topic, and shouldn't go
over 20 or 30 minutes, just enough time for a short commute.  My god!  How are we going
to cut this down?  We just did an hour and a half!!!  Answer - stay with one
topic. 09:45 - We can stick with one topic and really enjoy the subtopics within that one
major topic. 10:20 - Very few podcasts that we like go over 30 minutes on average. 11:45 -
And so how in the world did we end up recording an hour and a half???  It didn't feel
like it was that long at all. 12:30 - We got lots of feedback from people saying that they
really liked the podcast.  But not a single person told us it was too long.  Wake up
people!! 13:00 - We think that people enjoyed it because it was an introduction.  And so
they forgave the length of it, or maybe didn't notice the length of it. Hmmmm QUESTION -
Is it really a problem when it's over 30 minutes? 14:00 - 30 minutes can be great for the
listener.  However, it's a challenge for the non-razzle-dazzle-em discussants.  We
really were into the discussion.  We weren't putting on a show.  If we artificially stop
at 30 minutes, it will really cause the conversation to suffer. 15:30 - Does it make sense
to split a longer recording into mutiple episodes? 15:55 - Other podcasts in the area of
KM have done just this.  There was no need for a hard stop.  Instead, the post
production edit simply found the natural transition time, that occured naturally in the
middle of the conversation.  This was the split point, where it can be divided into
multiple parts. 17:25 - Next question - When do you post the episodes?  Post all 3 at the
same time?  Or should we post and wait a bit? 18:15 - Matt Moore -
http://engineerswithoutfears.blogspot.com/ - Whenever he does a podcast, if it is too
long, he splits it up & posts each subsequent episodes one day apart. (oh!  THAT Matt
Moore!!  Hi Matt!!!  When I was listening to Luis, I thought he said 'Mark.»  Of
COURSE I know Matt Moore.  He was my great KM colleague in Australia who always reminded
me of the timezone difference for the all the KM calls... that and many other things we
discussed via **cough** email.) 19:20 - Actually tracking topics by minutes and seconds
can enable the listener to track where to listen to various things within a posted
recording. 20:00 - By creating lots of content and pacing how people can digest the
content, people don't get 20:45 - Matt is invited to join the Sweettt Discussion in the
future!  (How in the world are we going to get into the Australian time zone?  We should
reach out to Stephen Collins too.) 21:00 - How do you create show notes?  What can you do
with show notes?  What can you do with the work products that come from listening to the
episode again?  Can we use show notes AND also expand out this content into blog entries
or other articles? 23:00 - 2 Options - bullet outline of podcast vs. extended blogpost -
The blog post option would really create a lot of content. 24:00 - Make sure that you
don't include the blog post inside the same podcast posting. 25:30 - It's important to
keep shownotes brief, and to the point, so that people can listen and then comment. 25:45
- Keep the blog posts and podcasts in seperately posts. 26:00 - We wonder how to post
podcasts and blogs at the same site and to keep the podcasts and the blog posts
seperately. 27:00 - Using Wordpress, we can use pages. 28:30 - We have our solution! 
:-)  Our approach will be to have great discussions that won't be interrupted, and then
to split them into more digestible pieces. 30:30 - We don't want to just talk at people. 
But a little bit of pazzaz can be fun too. 31:00 - END Check out, also, Luis' blog about
Sweettt.com - Episode 5 - How to Make a Great Podcast

Sweettt.com - Episode 3 - New Cohost - We're Going Enterprise 2.0

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Hi Everyone.  I am very pleased to announce that Sweettt.com has a new cohost.  This
person is very well known by many people within Enterprise 2.0 and Knowledge Management...
a long-time friend and collaborator of mine... a person with whom we will be able to
explore many topics and discussions in the E2.0 space.  Tune in, and listen. 
Wordle for This Episode - Matt Simpson

Embracing Change

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Step 1 - YOU DON’T HAVE TO - feel like this anymore. I’m a big fan of West
Wing.  I really am.  The level of discourse in that show is simply wonderful.  The
images… the characters… Anyway, there is a nice little exchange I just had
with a colleague, who was sharing with me that he was resisting change… … he
wasn’t comfortable with a change that was about to happen.  And immediately, a
scene within West Wing came to mind. The story goes like this… The President, Jed
Bartlet was plagued with a 5 point drop in approval ratings.  Concurrently, a position
paper on how to bring down the Bartlet Presidency was being surfaced by the press. 
Because the paper was highly critical of the administration, Bartet and his senior staff
had to read the paper.  In the paper was a key message, that… Leo (Chief of Staff)
drives Bartlet to the middle, and Bartlet lets him take him there. After Bartlet & Leo
read the paper, up comes the time for them to talk about it.  Now they are confronted
with their partnership in mediocrity.  Bartlet brings up the suggestion from the paper,
that Leo is the one driving them to the middle.  Leo struggles with the message and then
rejects it with a strong retort, that Bartlet is the one to drive them to the middle. The
two principles go back an forth in the dialog, and wrestle with whose to blame for their
position.  After some negotiation around the topic, it’s recognized that Bartlet is
a big thinker, the one with vision, the one who ultimately gives direction.  Faced with
that notion, he justifies his political inaction with all the constraints on his
office… These incessant compromises weigh him down and keep his true leadership from
coming out. He sighs, “I don’t want to feel like this anymore.” And
then Leo urges him, “You don’t have to.” This insight hits Bartlet
squarely between eyes.  He and Leo feel the weight lift as they confirm together that
they are going to start doing things differently.  They are going to disregard their fear
of losing a second term in the Whitehouse.  Instead, they are going to follow some of the
vision of the President and tackle some of the issues that they’ve always wanted
to. Leo’s strategy… LET BARTLET BE BARTLET. Step 2 - LOOK FOR A BOLD ACTION -
to commit to that change. No… I’m not through talking about West Wing.  The
very next episode begins with Jed Bartlet making a speach in which he is about to to make
a bold unprecidented announcement which is certain to enrage Congress, and trigger the
parties to launching into a series of political attacks on the Adminsitration.  The
speach needs a parable to build up to that announcement. And so, Jed Bartlet spoke about
a story that his grandfather used to tell, about 2 Irish lads who while walking through
the countryside came upon a wall that they thought they could not climb.  Instead, of
trying to climb or even backing away, they first threw their caps over the wall so that
they were dedicated to either get over the wall or lose their caps. Making a bold
statement can be fun, enlightening, and invigorating.  It can liberate you to act freely,
without prior burdens.  It can open up new territory so that you can set the direction
for yourself and your endeavors. But don’t be reckless.  Be thoughtful.  Look
before you leap.  And get ready for consequences. A bold move can also disturb and
surprise those around you.  They may become shocked and react.  They may wish that there
was more of an opportunity for them to persuade you to keep things they way they
were. Keep in mind that, there is a reason to make the move bold.  Certain changes
don’t come easily. Keep in mind that, as long as you are being fair to others and
fulfilling your promises, it is your perfect right to be bold… to catch others by
surprise… to be independent… and to act unilaterally. Addendum Thinking
about change myself, I’ve decided to leave Dogear Nation and spend my time pursuing
other things.  Michael Rowe and Michael Martine have become great friends & dudes. 
I hope to find ways to collaborate with them in the future in the blogopodsphere. 
However, as you can tell from this post, my own predisposition is to delve into more of
the psychological aspects of the way we work.  It takes time for me to develop ideas to
the depth that I prefer.  So, I felt the need to break away and do things on my own. 
The topics and pace of Dogear Nation just weren’t aligning to the direction
I’m going to take. So, thank you, Michael & Michael for embracing me as a
co-host as you have.  To that role, it’s been fun, and goodbye. Time for a new
chapter. Disclaimer In the course of deciding to make a bold move and surprise my friends
with my abrupt departure from Dogear Nation, a number of thoughts came to mind.  So, I
used this opportunity to expound on some introspection.  The article above did not mean
to suggest anything significant about my role and relationship with Dogear Nation.  And
if it was taken in that light, then it was grossly exaggerated. Photo Credits: Baby
Changing Table for Boys - by The Rocketeer Introspection - by e³°°° Pressures of Work
- by sparky2000 365-D268: Take On Me - by bitca you will not control me - by the prodigal
untitled13 Goat (Man & Goat Crossing Bridge) - by Jungle Boy Mr. Independent - by
Infinity Rain Do you believe in Change? - by carf Academic Reference: Albert Ellis -
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy - Insight 2 - No matter how, when, and why people
acquire self-defeating, irrational beliefs that mainly lead to their dysfunctional,
emotional-behavioral consequences, if they are disturbed today, they tend to keep holding
these irrational beliefs and upsetting themselves by them — not because they held
them in the past but because they are still actively, though often unconsciously,
reaffirming them and acting as if they are still valid. They still follow, in their minds
and in their hearts, the core “musturbatory ” philosophies that they may have
taken over or invented years ago, or that they have more recently accepted or constructed
for themselves.  (In other words… You don’t have to… there is nothing
that you must do… The only thing that you must eventually do is die… What you
do between now and the day you die, that’s your choice. (paraphrase by Matt
Simpson)). My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-4dc37eeaeca582a874915150119f77b6}

Walk Like a Minister

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Michael Hickson seems to have an enterprise complex. He doesn’t like the idea of
IBM micro-blogging behind it’s firewall. In his blog, E-piphanies, he writes a
rather harsh slur in gossip-column style stating that this is a bad idea. Keep
Silly Walking :-) In my own personal opinion… sometimes you have to wiggle your
arms and legs around a little bit before you discover a new dance. So, Michael, you are
surprised to discover that IBM has been using micro-blogging behind the firewall? You
want to couch this as a sensational critique? Common! The world’s 14-year leader in
number of patents didn’t get that way by NOT engaging in everything new. There are
lots of things behind the firewall with which early adopters are having a blast: blogs,
wikis, podcasts, broadcasts, micro-blogging, tagging, social photo sharing, social video
sharing, social file sharing, IM for over a decade now, online communities, 3D internet /
virtual reality, online friends & connections, rating & reputation systems…
there are over 100 innovations available within our early adoption program. The list goes
on. We don’t gate our innovations. We promote them! Do you think that each of
these innovations are perfect before we try them? Well, that’s not the way it goes.
It’s survival of the fittest. In Case You Forgot How We have about
400,000 people inside our firewall to try this stuff out and give us feedback. Before we
roll something into full production, and before we send it down the product development
path, we tap into that feedback and learn as much as we can about the new creation. It
makes the final solution stronger. And guess what… We need these tools. The
workforce has changed. The standard for the online social interaction experience is set
across the internet. The corporation that doesn’t embrace this functionality will
be the corporation that doesn’t stand the test of time. In case you haven’t
noticed, IBM is Built to Last. None of that would be possible if it weren’t for our
willingness to embrace new things. Don’t damn IBM for that. Congratulate us.
Applaud us. Follow our lead, because it’s very very successful. Over $90 billion a
year is no accident. photo by magandafille and by faultier.at
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