As kids, over the Christmas holidays, all of us cousins would head to grandpa’s home.  With 13 grandkids, and 16 years separating the eldest from youngest, it was predictable bedlam.  Good times.  Year after year.
Until we grew up, one by one.  Moved apart.  Had our own families.  And lives.
This afternoon, by a very strange and […]

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It’s the RECESSION.
Money’s getting scarce - and so is MANI

In December 2008, I had a LOT of fun. Wrote 27 blog posts. Built 16 Squidoo lenses. Tweeted an hour or more on many days. Spent time networking on forums. Co-ordinated a group project. Wrote a book (well, […]

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* Beth Kanter - by proving what is possible in the field of fund-raising and awareness building, especially using social media
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* Roger Carr - in his sustained, passionate, determined attitude to changing the world and making it a nicer place
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* Terry Wygal - by his whirlwind approach to engaging people and getting them to help […]

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* Gail Goodwin - who inspires me every day with astonishing things she dreams up - and carries out (glad I’ll be meeting her in 2009)
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* Anne P Mitchell - who is one of few people I really feel like I *know* through Twitter alone
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* Jeanette Fisher - who passionately supports my CHD work and […]

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* Kevin Riley - at the beach on Bali, where we talked shop - and about helping children live and learn.
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* Ian del Carmen - in a Bali cafe, where he outlined his plan to raise funds to help the CHD foundation.
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* Amitabh Bachchan - superstar of Indian film, whose donation to our partner […]

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Let’s make that 50 - because I read all tweets from all people I follow.
When I’m rushed, I skim through them fast, but always read their messages… which is why I limit the number of people I follow on Twitter.
Still, there is just one person whom I follow on Twitter for a different reason - […]

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* Seth Godin - His concepts about ‘Tribes’ and a series of mind-expanding blog posts and commentary on the private social network, Triiibes.com, were the biggest influences on my thinking this year.

* Willie Crawford - His actions, guidance and inspiration on the private TIMIC forum (The Internet Marketing Inner Circle) has guided and directed a […]

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In a few days, it will be a New Year. On January 1st, 2009 will begin.
Interestingly, different cultures observe the birth of a New Year on different dates. In South India alone, the Tamil New Year starts in mid-January, the Telugu New Year day (Ugadi) is in April, and the Malayalis observe New […]

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A Twitversation is a conversation on Twitter. And yesterday, I had a very interesting and instructive twitversation with Warren Whitlock around a topic that’s somewhat related to yesterday’s “Dr.Business” post, and my earlier “Quitting Twitter” musings.
The twitversation is reproduced below:

The discussion continues on my blog, and I invite you to join it by leaving […]

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This song made me smile first thing this morning - and I can’t stop!

Merry Christmas… or Mele Kalikimaka as they would say in Hawaii.

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