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March Madness 31 posts in 31 days

March 31, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Thirty-one days ago I set out to write 31 posts in 31 days. This is it, the thirty-first post. Thirty here and one on QuickInternetPages.com (or QIP.com) the blog idea that was created by the 31 posts exercise. Now, I am going to ramble a bit. I learned a lot about me, writing and the fine art of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, color, personal development, priorities, social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog, computing, future plans, madness, media technology, planning, qip, social information processing, technology

Fast Failure Breeds Success

March 30, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

That idea you have, try it. Develop a quick plan, with low cost and get a prototype whipped together quickly. Is fast failure really easier in the software world? I read a story years ago about the first Palm Pilot prototype being carved from wood and carried around by the inventor. He pretended to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development Tagged With: blog, breed success, communication, computing, failure, human interest, internet, palm pilot, prototypes, qip, social information processing, story, technology

Third Tribe Marketing is my Drug of Choice

March 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

If you're going to be powerless over something why not make it something positive - right? For me it's this place: Over the last year I have been replacing negative high risk behaviors with guaranteed negative outcomes with the exact opposite. The Third Tribe community is now one of my favorite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: blog, Brian Clark, computing, darren rowse, marketing, media technology, raffel, social information processing, Third Tribe, Third Tribe Marketing, tribes

Blogging is How I Live Real, Authentic and Sustainable

March 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

It's real because writing is the doing part of thinking. It's authentic because my writing comes from the heart about what's going on in my life right now. My life is sustainable because my thoughts turn into words which in turn become actions. Earlier this week I had the privilege to speak at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, Uncategorized Tagged With: Authentic, blog, blogging, blogs, computing, consistency, daily basis, inspiration, internet, life, motivation, Real, social information processing, Sustainable, sustainable life, technology

Stuff I Like About WordPress

January 7, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Not too long ago I wrote "Stuff I Like About My Mac", and it was well received based upon Google Analytics. So, this will be my second "Stuff I Like" post with more to come on appropriate topics. I have been using WordPress for about four years now. Early on I was simply an author on a system one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Stuff I Like, WordPress Tagged With: blog software, computing, content management systems, css code, googles, hack, php programming language, plugins, themes, thesis, WordPress, wordpress themes

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