http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom Which Do YOU Want? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is Teacher's Day. And my daughter taught me a lesson. On Fridays, her school has a different uniform (white) from the regular one she wears every other day (blue). But Teacher's Day is special - so she called her friend to ask, and found out that blue was the color ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/lesson-on-teachers-day/ I was in eighth grade. We were at my sister's school to pick her up. She ran eagerly to the car, waving something in her hand. It was a blue brooch. "Daddy, Daddy, can I buy this? It's only 5 rupees. Please?" What surprised me was that took the ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/smile-for-a-brooch/ Image credit www.sxc.hu Some months back, I stopped posting on my favorite online forum. One of the reasons was that my posts were being deleted, because of (what I believe was) personal bias. It was particularly frustrating - especially when some of the posts took me upto 30 minutes to think ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/social-networking-10-minute-rule/ This is the 'transcript' of a TWINTERVIEW (a Twitter interview) I had about the forthcoming 'Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon' on September 12th. Hope you enjoy it! - - - - - - - What's a 'Twitter Interview' called? Answer: a TWITTER-VIEW. I'm conducting a 'virtual' TWITTER-VIEW with @tweet_a_thon about the Heart Kids ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/twinterview-a-twitter-interview/ I'm trying a slightly different approach with this year's Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon - to try and get conversations started around the blogosphere by inviting active participation, engagement and involvement by partners. I'm calling out to YOU. Yes, you. And I'm asking if you'll help kick-off some discussion on your blog, website, on forums ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/bloggers-arise-and-unite/ Image credit telegraph.co.uk If you watched the sprints at 2008 Beijing Olympics, the name of Usain 'Lightning' Bolt is surely a familiar one. The 22 year old from Jamaica set the track on fire, winning both the 100m and 200m sprints - setting world records. He is the fastest man on ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/usain-bolt-marketing/ "Ads are the new online tip jar" said Seth Godin in a blog post today.And marketers went crazy. Calling Seth crazy! Yet crazy isn't quite the word that springs to mind when talking about Seth Godin. Genius is more often apt. Points to consider. #1 - Not all advertising is 'cost ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/seth-godin-tips-the-jar/ A few minutes back, I asked my followers on Twitter this: " 5 min FLASH poll. Quick, answer this: Which would you rather have? An 'honest' $1,000 or an 'ill gotten' $10,000." They replied this way... Honestly? Oh, Twitter! :-) http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/honestly-oh-twitter/ Like me, thousands of Indians have been dreaming and drooling over the launch of the Apple iPhone. For weeks, if not months, we were eagerly devouring every morsel of news about the iconic gadget. And as launch date approached, the excitement touched a new high of near-hysteria. Then, the blow fell. News broke that ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/apple-iphone-in-india-fickle-fantasy/ Yesterday, I found two people I admire on Twitter. One is Steve Pavlina. The other is Dr.Ken Evoy. Immediately, I followed them. Steve had blogged about Twitter. He invited discussion on his forum (instead of commenting on the blog itself). The forum required registration. So I signed up - and confirmed ... http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/why-i-hate-walled-gardens/