My Twitter Account is Compromised
My Twitter account has been hacked and taken over by someone who is now using it to spam phishing links. I have submitted a support ticket to Twitter. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
Conan, what is best in life?
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.
Fear shortage, hope mongering and Barack Obama
Today, Seth Godin made some very good points about fear mongering. In particular, I like his call that it should be regulated or even banned. Instead, he is in favor of hope mongering.
Feeling inspired by this, I quickly checked to see if hopemongering.com was registered. Not only is it registered, but the domain forwards to BarackObama.com. The domain was registered privately, so I can’t see if it was done by the President’s campaign team or if some ingenious supporter did it for them. But it put a smile on my face.
Posted January 4, 2010 at 5:47pm in hope mongering hope monger barack obama seth godin fear mongering personal development perspective success entrepreneur
The most useless machine ever. The description on Youtube says, “and yet everyone wants one.” They’re right. I do want one. For instructions on how to build, click here.
The 50th Law
Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, recently co-authored a book with rapper 50 Cent. I haven’t read it yet, but here’s a Slideshare presentation of the chapter headings and selected quotes.
I was in Nashville, Tennesee last year, after the show I went to a Waffle House, I’m not proud of it, I was hungry. And I’m alone, I’m eating and I’m reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me, “Tch tch tch tch. Hey, what you readin’ for?” Is that like the weirdest fucking question you’ve ever heard? Not what am I reading, but what am I reading for. Well, goddammit, you stumped me. Why do I read? Well… hmmm… I guess I read for a lot of reasons, and the main one is so I don’t end up being a fucking waffle waitress.
The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody.
A farmer had only one horse.
One day, his horse ran away. All the neighbors came by saying, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.” The man just said, “We’ll see.”
A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses. The man and his son corraled all 21 horses. All the neighbors came by saying, “Congratulations! This is such good news. You must be so happy!” The man just said, “We’ll see.”
One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs. All the neighbors came by saying, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.” The man just said, “We’ll see.”
The country went to war, and every able-bodied young man was drafted to fight. The war was terrible and killed every young man, but the farmer’s son was spared, since his broken legs prevented him from being drafted. All the neighbors came by saying, “Congratulations! This is such good news. You must be so happy!” The man just said, “We’ll see.”
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I’ve seen this fable in a few places. I used to think that I had to react in kind to life’s ups and downs. But I find myself mellowing out a lot and taking everything in stride.
Poke around this guy Derek Sivers’ site. He’s got a lot of good stuff. And apparently founded CDbaby, a publish on demand service for musicians.
Jonathan Eakman demonsrates poor online reputation management
So apparently, this guy named Jonathan Eakman managed to break into Google’s Hot Trends (100 current hottest searches on Google) because one of his 180 “friends” on Facebook leaked something he psoted to his wall. What was it they shared with the public that made people so curious about him so quickly?
He got kicked out of grad school before he even started.
Start taking the time to consider what it is you’re sharing on your Facebook profile, you Twitter feed, or anywhere else online. Even email is only click away from being shared with people you don’t know or trust. So start operating under the assumption that anything you say online might be shared with everyone.
Posted October 18, 2009 at 9:20am in online reputation management social media facebook jonathan eakman
