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Despite the crazy title of this post, it is not about personal brand. That’s a conversation that is happening elsewhere in the blogosphere and, though I’ve talked about it on this blog, it is not relevant to this post.
What is relevant is value. Actual value versus “perceived” value.
Late last night, around 2am, I was [...]

The cult of personality has so pervaded all aspects of our lives. From Obama to Tom Cruise to Derek Jeter and even web celebrities. The cult of personality has pervaded our culture thoroughly and it’s not entirely clear why.

In most cases, we don’t know anything about these celebrities aside from their names and their public work. It’s the stuff that happens outside of the public eye that really makes people who they are. It’s been said, even, that character is what we are when no one is looking.

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Jeremy Schoemaker is a rockstar in SEO. Darren Rowse is a rockstar in making money online. Erin is a rockstar among women bloggers. Thomas Hawk is a rockstar photographer. Brad Feld (a Lijit investor) is a rockstar VC. Chris Brogan is a rockstar people person. Alex Hillman is a rockstar community man. Jody is a rockstar musician.

You, know, I’ve gotten far away from blogging about blogging. It’s an overdone topic that had its day in the sun, but we’ve moved on to, thankfully, other topics. However, the depth of content still discourages me. Yes, there are literally millions of blogs out there and the number of really quality blogs have increased [...]

The Tuscon Citizen published this article today:

An illegal immigrant anywhere in Arizona would be guilty of a felony under a bill approved by the state House of Representatives.
The bill, approved 32-26 yesterday, had been approved previously by the Senate but now returns to that chamber to consider changes made by the House.
The bill would permit [...]

No this is not a list. ;)
I don’t know what it is with me lately, but it seems my personal development has taken a radical shift. It used to be that I would go into a bookstore only to find a tech “recipe” book like O’Reillys Introduction to BIND or the PHP Cookbook. [...]