Hola and thanks for reading.
FYI I’ve decided to switch up my online identity and therefore, this blog is dying … to be reborn in a remix mashup of all my blogs together at last in one spot. All new posts will live at Sparkplug 9.
Thanks so much for reading, and please join the party at […]

I recently received a promotion, and I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a manager versus a leader, what kind of leadership I want to provide, and what kind of a leader do I want to grow to be …
This is tough stuff, and I’m pretty sure I have a long way to […]

Pickthebrain has a post on selling yourself.
I can personally attest that, after getting the qualifications and knowledge you need to succeed in your chosen field, being able to “sell yourself” is the most critical part of professional success.
The highlights:

Be Sold on Yourself
Have a Saleable Package
Be Positive and Enthusiastic
Be Real and Authentic

I’d have to say the […]

I just got another LinkedIn connection request this morning. Every one has a little LinkedIn fact at the bottom, like this:

Fact: 3,414 CEOs use LinkedIn every day

As you know, since you’re a smart denizen of the blogosphere, whether something is a fact or not is a function of what kind of statement it is … […]

So, Universal wants to invent a new model for music sales:

Universal Music Group, the world’s biggest record label, is looking to mobile hardware makers to foot the bill for a free music subscription service for buyers of a certain mobile phone or music player, The Telegraph reported Saturday.

Think. What does a model where you buy […]

But it needs Canadian financial institutions. Mint, please come to Canada!
Tags: mint, finance, money, web20, scoble, john koetsier

Tags: iphone, canada, video, youtube, john koetsier

Gratuitous quote of the day:
“If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential.”
- Soren Kierkegaard
That is a great quote - I love it.
Tags: Kierkegaard, quote, john koetsier, passion, potential

In case you’re wondering what’s going on with this blog, I’m currently taking 2 courses for my Master of Educational Technology program at the University of British Columbia.
Plus doing some home reno, plus I have 3 kids, plus my wife seems to feel that somehow I ought to spend some time with her (odd, that), […]

Perhaps a no-return policy on guns and ammo is not the best policy …

It’s Walmart’s policy, clearly visible on their website and in their stores, that all sales of guns and ammunition are final. One San Diego man didn’t like that policy so he tried to return the ammunition in another way. By firing it […]