What are you good at?

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This article talks about the difference between content, which is "domain knowledge," like the skills you can develop over time, and process, which is "emotional intelligence skills," such as visualizing success and dealing with multiple priorities.

As I read the article it really got me thinking on how I can improve or develop "process" skills, and it made me think of that old catch-22 that a couple of friends and I used to talk about where employers only want people who know process, so they won't hire those who know content. But those who only know content won't get the experience to understand process, because they weren't hired by the employer.

The Next Digital Experience--Davos Session

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This article is snippet of a meeting of Chad Hurley (YouTube), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Shantanu Narayen (Adobe), Hamid Akhavan (T-Mobile), Eric Clemens (Wharton), Mike Arrington (TechCrunch) and Craig Mundie (Microsoft). They are in Davos, a city in Switzerland, to discuss how to "Shape the Post-Crisis World" - or at least that's what the meeting is called.

In this particular session, they are talking about social networking and the future of mobile. While I found the issue of privacy and literally knowing where your friends are interesting, I found it much more amusing when the article said that "Cameron Sinclair, founder of Architecture for Humanity, [...] is called upon from the stage to talk about using Twitter and Facebook in Myanmar to organize post-disaster reconstruction under government censorship/control." I mean, right now, I'm using Twitter and Facebook to just in touch with my friends, but here's this guy, and he's using the same tools to do something important. That's astonishing.

Small speaker that seems to float

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This article is about a product called "Music Balloons," which are USB-chargeable speakers that can be plugged into any headphone jack.

I personally think they are adorable. Plus, I think the fact that they come in different colors are great - it goes well with the look and feel of the design itself.