I just had a school reunion.

There were 3 events, 2 evening, and 1 during the day. I made time to attend all 3. At each event, I tried to speak with folks I had not seen for a long time. Even some folks I'll admit I didn't remember, or get along with during school.

It's been long enough that I didn't remember why I avoided them back them, or it didn't matter. What did matter was if I could help them out in my current situation.

After working in this space long enough, reputations and networks start to overlap.

Keep your reputation intact. There will always be cross over. I am always amused at the reputations that are shared.

Blogs/facebook/linkedin are all part of your online reputation. Things said can not be unsaid.

In small niches, and regions, your reputation will spread quickly.

Keep doing market research, ask questions, and have an open mind.
Listen to the yes answers, listen to the no answers.

But most of all, listen to your customers who would pay you. No one else really matters.

Those who understand your customers are only insights. They are not your customers, so don't put too much weight on those answers.

Sometimes, if you're going to do something, do it. And worry about the consequences later.

Right now, I'm looking a the new site, and realizing how sharp a cut it was to do at 11 PM at night. But what's done is done, and with the cut over, a slew of new efforts will be required.

Truth is, this went into hibernation for a while, so while it's a rough way to restart a blog, it is a restart. And should be handled this way.

Changed over to drupal/wordpress from Blogger.

A little more control over what I'm doing over here. We'll see how this integrates with everything else I"ve had over the years. Now to build this out again.

Building a Green Economy

How we can afford to tackle climate change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/magazine/11Economy-t.html

I don't always agree with krugman. However, on this element of
building a green economy. I am in agreement.