I’m thisclose to signing a book contract with Wiley to write a book on web workerhood under the brand of Web Worker Daily and we had some back and forth over the non-compete clause. While I understand why publishers would include a non-compete clause, I don’t think that authors should accept anything more than the […]
Escape from Cubicle Nation’s Pamela Slim (Gen X) challenges Brazen Careerist’s Penelope Trunk (Gen Y) on the issue of fulfillment through your work.
Penelope: “the connection between your job and your happiness is overrated.”
Pamela: “the kind of work you do has a HUGE bearing on your day to day happiness.”
Web Worker Daily featured another Gen Yer, […]
True story: I only started using my married name of Zelenka when I discovered that annetruitt.com was not available. The late Anne Truitt was a semi-famous sculptor and it seems her family scored the domain name — about a month before I thought to do it. Curses!
Now I wish I had gone with AnneDTruitt.com (my […]
The second generation of the Web represents a radical shift relative to the first. A number of trends underpin it… trends that change the way many of us work. These new ways of working don’t eclipse the old ways but play out alongside them, creating a parallel culture of work.
The older and newer cultures of […]
I’m leaving RedMonk, at least for now, meaning I won’t be blogging at tech decentral or taking briefings via RedMonk or attending analyst conferences as a RedMonk analyst. I’m focusing instead on Web Worker Daily, on the occasional GigaOM article on Web 2.0 happenings, and on turning this blog back to what excites me the […]
February 16, 2007 – 2:25 pm
We’ve had a tough February at Web Worker Daily. I was out of town in SF at the beginning of the month, Judi’s husband has been away in Europe, then Mike and I got sick this week. Judi, Mike, and I all have other jobs besides our WWD blogging plus we’re parents too (and Mike […]
February 8, 2007 – 4:45 pm
I’ve just returned from the Sun Analyst Summit where I acted out industry analyst suchness in person. I had to repeatedly answer the question, “where did you come from?” which I know aimed at understanding my professional background but landed on me differently, because having been out of the workforce for five plus years I […]
February 4, 2007 – 7:38 pm
I’ll be in San Francisco Monday through Wednesday this week for Sun’s Analyst Summit. Should be a good time–I get to see and meet lots of people I want to see and meet at the same time that I escape Denver’s interminable intolerable unbelievable winter for three days.
My schedule’s largely spoken for at this point, […]
January 27, 2007 – 7:41 pm
Steve and I had a discussion at Mashup Camp about what to call ourselves. This came up because not everyone knows what an industry analyst is. Sometimes it’s easier to say you’re a consultant.
I said before maybe I’d prefer to call myself a blogger. People look at me a little funny if I say I’m […]
January 23, 2007 – 5:32 pm
What happens when you embrace chaos, welcoming it eagerly into your life? Here’s the inspiring Tara Hunt version (from her archives, scroll down to read it):
1. It will prepare you for anything….
2. It will prevent you from making assumptions….
3. It will reduce your stress levels….
4. It will open new doors….
5. It will allow you to […]
