Monthly Archives: April 2008

Consulting Consultants: Training

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Michael Koby

There are two distinct routes you can go (3 if you do a combination of the two) when it comes to knowledge: specialization or breadth. Specialization is exactly what it sounds like in that you pick a technology or subject and you dive in deep. You become the guru of that topic/technology/whatever. If you go for breadth, you will now a little about a lot but not have much depth on anyone particular thing. Some consider this a blessing while others might consider it a hindrance, and which one will largely depend on where or with whom you work. Continue reading →

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links for 2008-04-04

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Michael Koby

Safari 3 search and highlight in Firefox: a solution – MozillaZine Forums (tags: firefox) .. free blackberry 83xx themes | All Things Berry (tags: blackberry themes)

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links for 2008-04-02

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Michael Koby

Video: Twitter in Plain English | Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English (tags: communication twitter web2.0 howto videos)

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Will FriendFeed Help the Smaller Blogger

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Michael Koby

Dave Winer mentioned something similar in his article, Proof That the End is Near, where he talks about the “tech industry superdelegates” and how he is unfollowing them on Twitter in hope to find the smaller voices as well. It seems that some of the more popular people are looking for the smaller, most likely more original voices in the blogging industry. No longer are they interested in what someone has to say about what TechCrunch, GigaOM, or even Mashable have to say anymore. Well they might be interested, but they might move past the headline anymore. Continue reading →

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