Note from The Editor: we will return Over Coffee to its normal focus of “social media for individuals and small business” soon. For now, Rick is stuck in a gear that’s focused more on relationship matters that don’t fit nicely into “What is Twitter?” kinds of conversations. We apologize for any inconvenience. Well, really we [...]

I needed to start with some bulletpoints to share why and what and what for: Earlier this week, a post by Stanford Smith was posted at SocialMedia.com, “Why You Must Post Your Boogie Man Post”. He writes, “I’m not going to tell you that your boogie man isn’t scary. I AM going to challenge you [...]

Study Hacks | Blog Archive | An Open Letter to Students on the Danger of Seeing School as a Trial to Survive: “In other words, when you go through life thinking “if I can make it through this, things will be better later,” you eventually forget what “better” means.” I know too many people for [...]

Why You Must Write Your Boogie Man Post | Social Media Today Okay, I will. And I’ll post it this weekend, Sunday 08/29. Hold me to it.

Taking Out The Thrash: “Part of growing and evolving is intentionally testing the boundaries of an experience that’s perceived outwardly as success, but that’s begun to feel inwardly complacent. Doing that means taking a risk, both in ego and ease. It means going from being on top of your game (or, at least the perception) to potentially [...]

The Four Phases of Design Thinking – Warren Berger – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review: “What can people in business learn from studying the ways successful designers solve problems and innovate? On the most basic level, they can learn to question, care, connect, and commit — four of the most important things successful designers [...]

Seth’s Blog: Subtlety, deconstructed: “It’s tempting to turn the dial all the way to 11, the make everything just a bit louder. The opposite is precisely what you might need.” I understatedly yet wholeheartedly agree. Seth Grodin’s assessment here is spot on: less is more, especially if the one being marketed to, courted, manipulated comes [...]

If At First You Don’t Succeed… – Joie De ‘Vieve: “I love when I can put lessons, pieces of advice, or words of wisdom to use. That is when I know that I’ve learned something truly valuable. Something that will stick with me for years and years to come… Enter words of wisdom: Don’t just [...]