Jacquie Lawson does some great stuff. This one takes about 1 minute.
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1221321706636
Walter Brennan made that line famous. So, this morning I’ll borrow it before I say HEY … LOOK HERE!
http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/feedback.html
and
http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/supportform.html
Down at the bottom of the page … Under the form.
I know. It’s a little thing. But it makes me feel good to know that I helped.
PS: Unless there are some hiccups, I plan on “releasing” Version 2.1.0 of Huggins’ Email Form Script next weekend. The latest user documentation is available here http://JSH.us/hefs.
TransUnion (one of the big 3 credit bureaus) has lost a huge class action lawsuit … about $10 Billion dollars worth.
If you have used a credit card or carried any kind of debt or loan account in the past 21 years you probably qualify for a free credit report and free credit monitoring as part of this lawsuit.
This is worth about $60 to you.
The settlement is expected to get final approval in September. But, starting June 16, you can go to www.listclassaction.com to participate in the settlement by filing a claim.
Consumerwatch warns people not to respond to emails claiming to be from TransUnion. It could be a trick by spammers posing as the credit agency and going after your private information. TransUnion said it will only communicate through that website.
For more information:
http://cbs2.com/consumer/Credit.report.TransUnion.2.737321.html
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/30/straight_story
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcred315708532may31,0,2654628.story
While clicking around the TED website (TED.com) looking for information on the brain, another presentation I found was by Helen Fisher. Helen is an anthropologist who studies love. She looks at how it evolved, the underlying brain biochemistry and what it means to human society.
(PS: I’ve written before about TED.)
In this presentation, …
She outlines the three stages of love (lust, infatuation and long-term attachment), shedding light on eternal questions like why we love, and why we cheat. She also discusses the natural talents of women, and their new significance in the modern world. She ends with a warning about the widespread use of antidepressants — and a truly hilarious story of romantic pursuit.
Recently I was exploring the TED website (TED.com) looking for information on the brain.
(I’ve written before about TED.)
One item I found was a presentation by Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness.
Dan explains in his presentation a bit about how our brain simulates situations without having to actually experience them (e.g., would you want liver and onions ice cream?), how we artificially create happiness, how we change our mind about what will make us happy and how we can be very wrong about what will make us happy.
I think it is worth the time (21:28) to view it.
One of the Marketing Gurus I “know” is Sean D’Souza.
He operates PsychoTactics, 5000BC, and SpiderSecret.com (also called Attversumption). If you “do” marketing, particularly website marketing, I’d encourage you to drop by those for a visit and a sampling of his freebies.
In addition, Sean teaches a Website MasterClass. I particularly want to encourage those of you who are website “doers”, to drop by his marketing page for that class … even if you can’t attend his course.
If you will trade Sean some of your personal information (like your name and email address) on his information sign up form, he’ll send you some great information in the form of PDFs and MP3 downloads. Even without the masterclass, I believe they are worth the effort.
Recently, I stumbled upon TED. TED stands for “Technology, Entertainment, Design”. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The TED Conference, held annually in Monterey, is the heart of TED. More than a thousand people attend. The event sells out a year in advance. And the content has expanded beyond Technology, Entertainment and Design to include Science, Business, the Arts and all the Big Global Issues facing our world. Over four days, 50 speakers each take an 18-minute slot - only 18 minutes! - to give their presentation.
There are no breakout groups. Everyone shares the same experience.
The TED site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 100 talks with more added each week.
Not only that, these videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
TED is owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation, a 501(c)3 organization (USofA). It was created in 1996 by Chris Anderson, at that time a magazine publishing entrepreneur.
“The goal of the foundation is to foster the spread of great ideas. It aims to provide a platform for the world’s smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring teachers, so that millions of people can gain a better understanding of the biggest issues faced by the world, and a desire to help create a better future. Core to this goal is a belief that there is no greater force for changing the world than a powerful idea. Consider:
- An idea can be created out of nothing except an inspired imagination.
- An idea weighs nothing.
- It can be transferred across the world at the speed of light for virtually zero cost.
- And yet an idea, when received by a prepared mind, can have extraordinary impact.
- It can reshape that mind’s view of the world.
- It can dramatically alter the behavior of the mind’s owner.
- It can cause the mind to pass on the idea to others.”
Tomorrow, I’ll talk about the video that first brought me into TED.
TED:
http://www.ted.com
About TED:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/pages/view/id/5
Who Owns TED:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/pages/view/id/42
