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More Sex is Safer Sex
By Porchlight
Two weeks ago I posted a review from a young journalist called Todd Lazarski meant for our first magazine. It was a review that, unfortunately, did not find it's way into the magazine itself, but that I really wanted to share with everyone. Today, I would like to share the second of Todd's reviews.
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Post2Post Virtual Book Tour for Creativity Today
By Porchlight
The second Post2Post Virtual Book Tour started today featuring Creativity Today by Ramon Vullings, Godelieve Spaas, and Igor Byttebier. The first stop is at Think For A Change.
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Good morning from TOC
By Porchlight
Kate and I are at the kick-off of the O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference in NYC. People from all over the world are here for this year's conference; the MC just told us that attendance tripled over last year's inaugural conference in San Jose (Todd and Dylan were there). Today there are two articles in major newspapers about the future of publishing: New York Times: HarperCollins Will Post Free Books on the Web Wall Street Journal: Publisher Tests Selling by the Chapter We'll try to update more over the next few days.
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Medici Effect Available For Free Online
By Porchlight
Frans Johansson's Medici Effect is now available for free as a pdf download from his website. It is an interesting experiment for him and his publisher Harvard Business School Press to see if you can give it away and improve sales of a two and a half year old book. Love seeing this kind of experimentation.
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ChangeThis
By Porchlight
A brand new issue of ChangeThis has been posted for your reading pleasure. This month we have the conclusion to a list from Tom Peters we posted a few years back, as well as a great manifesto by Michael Pollan--author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and the recently released In Defense of Food. We also have a series of drawings on index cards from Jessica Hagy, who has a unique book coming out later this month; a piece on the power of asking questions in the workplace by Corinne Miller; and a veritable blueprint of the legal intricacies involved in making business deals by Noric Dilancian.
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links for 2008-02-07
By Porchlight
Why Smart Companies do Dumb Things>>The Wall Street Journal | Seemed Like a Good Idea Inc Mr. Hodock knows a thing or two about the subject, and his book offers considerable wisdom, some of it conventional and some of it not.
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Blog / ChangeThis
An Eater's Manifesto
By Michael Pollan
This is an eater's manifesto, an invitation to join the movement that is renovating our food system in the name of health—health in the very broadest sense of that word.
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The Power of Intuition: And Why It's the Biggest Myth in Business Today
By Porchlight
"What is it about going through life, making decisions flying by the seat of our pants, without a plan to get to a clear destination that has us all so captivated? To have the confidence to strike out on your own—research and professional opinion be damned—and take a stand, make a choice, set off in a new direction... just like that? As it turns out, while it sounds quite manly, brave, and highly lucrative to stick to your guns and go with your gut under pressure, under scrutiny, to not back down, it's not exactly an uncommon thing to do in business today. ... The real issue is how many times do pure hunches alone lead to legendary success? The answer upon closer inspection: pretty rarely."
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Let's Make a Deal: Deal Making Process Improvement Principles
By Porchlight
"Doing business in almost every field involves deal making. The challenge is that negotiating good deals and drafting effective contracts are non-trivial tasks due to legal, technological and business complexities. A further layer of complexity is added by variations in game play, psychology, and ethics. In this context, deal makers can benefit from simplification and improved understanding of the legal context and practical processes relevant to deal making. Deal making should be led by process, as well as practical and commercial considerations, not purely legal considerations. It is helpful to think of deals as blueprints for living outcomes, not just glue to bind relationships."
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100 Ways to Help You Succeed/Make Money: Part II
By Tom Peters
We published the beginning to a very empowering list three years ago—Tom Peters' 100 Ways to Help You Succeed/Make Money. That list was finished recently, and we now update it here with success tips #51-100 (&1).
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