Its been a long time in coming, but Linked In has joined the ranks of today’s modern Social Networks by adding photos to their profile page. I should rephrase that: by adding a photo to the profile page. As should be expected on a professional social network. I applaud the move, as this year I even added a photo to my resume, in an effort for it to stand out more. Its common practice for people in the rest of the world to attach a photo to their CV.
The folks behind IconBuffet, and BlinkSale are going to launch a new site with a game element. Details are forthcoming, but it seems to build upon what they learned when they added a point system to their light weight icon-trading social network.
I am really psyched to find out where this is going to lead. Fire Wheel, you may be on the verge of starting a revolution.
Aristotle’s goal was to find the most general of general principles. The examples he gives are convincing: an ordinary worker builds things a certain way out of habit; a master craftsman can do more because he grasps the underlying principles.
Paul Graham usually writes about hacking, but I think this article can be more generally applied to business and human endeavor. Ask yourself, what habit or comfort zone can I can myself out of, professionally? What would that do for my business?