Author: Stephen Pickering
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Fear = Holding to Your Ego
Above are the figures of Angyou and Ungyou, which stand as gate guardians outside Japanese Buddhist temples. They look pretty scary don’t they? What they are, are symbols of one’s own fear, which if held onto keeps one’s psychologically out of the “Temple” which is the symbol of peace, joy, exuberance, beauty where the Buddha…
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Pat Buchanan is Wrong: There Will Be No Inflation with Recovery
I love Pat Buchanan. He’s the main reason I watch The Mclaughlin Group, and the only reason I watch MSNBC. His knowledge of history and foreign policy is impeccable. He’s sincerely interested in politics, and he’s just plain fun to watch. But like a lot of great political commentators inside the Beltway and out, I…
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The Phenomenon of Combustion
I imagine the idea of a dress was stolen from a flower in the year fire was discovered. But no one is positively sure. So desire is a controlled explosion in which need is faster than light and more precise than fire. If that sets a dress on fire or flowers explode, who cares? It’s…
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Businesses: Destroy Your “Us Versus Them” Mentality
I wrote this comment tonight on a very intriguing blog post by Robert Scoble entitled “Exploring the 2010 Web” All businesses and organizations should read this post and follow Scoble in general and Chris Brogan to learn how to apply Social Media effectively and to take your business into this next age of the “Telecosm”…
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The Future of the News? A Video Camera
Today, Robert Scoble just did his second live broadcast of an event he participated in, a distinguished panel discussing the future of traditional media. OK, I know you are already asleep. Only the truly geeky, geeky, longest of long tails, C-Spaners would watch such a thing. Right? Probably. But you must admit that it is…
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The #1 Skill Needed to Become a Successful Blogger
THE ABILITY TO HIT THE PUBLISH BUTTON. That’s actually not a joke. That’s what Lockhart Steele, one of the most successful bloggers in the world just said on This Week in Startups #3. This ties in perfectly (oh there’s that dreadful word again) with the last post about the importance of getting it out there…