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Age of Conversation

You’ve probably heard the story of how my ego-laden jealousy fit led to participation in a wonderful opportunity.

That, of course, is the honor of contributing to a business book that will be a best seller, help thousands of business people navigate the murky waters of new media, and if that wasn’t enough, all proceeds go to a worthy charity.

The Age of Conversation 2008 edition is now being finalized, and the final names of the 237* authors appearing in it has been posted at Drew McLellan’s site. (He and Gavin Heaton are the books edtiors.)

Now that we have the final tally, I’m looking forward to starting my series about the authors, and attempting to get to know them all.

If you want to get a head start, here’s the list of their sites:

  1. Adrian Ho
  2. Aki Spicer
  3. Alex Henault
  4. Amy Jussel
  5. Andrew Odom
  6. Andy Nulman
  7. Andy Sernovitz
  8. Andy Whitlock
  9. Angela Maiers
  10. Ann Handley
  11. Anna Farmery
  12. Armando Alves
  13. Arun Rajagopal
  14. Asi Sharabi
  15. Becky Carroll
  16. Becky McCray
  17. Bernie Scheffler
  18. Bill Gammell
  19. Bob LeDrew
  20. Brad Shorr
  21. Brandon Murphy
  22. Branislav Peric
  23. Brent Dixon
  24. Brett Macfarlane
  25. Brian Reich
  26. C.C. Chapman
  27. Cam Beck
  28. Casper Willer
  29. Cathleen Rittereiser
  30. Cathryn Hrudicka
  31. Cedric Giorgi
  32. Charles Sipe
  33. Chris Kieff
  34. Chris Cree
  35. Chris Wilson
  36. Christina Kerley
  37. (CK)
  38. C.B. Whittemore
  39. Chris Brown
  40. Connie Bensen
  41. Connie Reece
  42. Corentin Monot
  43. Craig Wilson
  44. Daniel Honigman
  45. Dan Schawbel
  46. Dan Sitter
  47. Daria Radota Rasmussen
  48. Darren Herman
  49. Dave Davison
  50. David Armano
  51. David Berkowitz
  52. David Koopmans
  53. David Meerman Scott
  54. David Petherick
  55. David Reich
  56. David Weinfeld
  57. David Zinger
  58. Deanna Gernert
  59. Deborah Brown
  60. Dennis Price
  61. Derrick Kwa
  62. Dino Demopoulos
  63. Doug Haslam
  64. Doug Meacham
  65. Doug Mitchell
  66. Douglas Hanna
  67. Douglas Karr
  68. Drew McLellan
  69. Duane Brown
  70. Dustin Jacobsen
  71. Dylan Viner
  72. Ed Brenegar
  73. Ed Cotton
  74. Efrain Mendicuti
  75. Ellen Weber
  76. Eric Peterson
  77. Eric Nehrlich
  78. Ernie Mosteller
  79. Faris Yakob
  80. Fernanda Romano
  81. Francis Anderson
  82. Gareth Kay
  83. Gary Cohen
  84. Gaurav Mishra
  85. Gavin Heaton
  86. Geert Desager
  87. George Jenkins
  88. G.L. Hoffman
  89. Gianandrea Facchini
  90. Gordon Whitehead
  91. Greg Verdino
  92. Gretel Going
  93. & Kathryn Fleming
  94. Hillel Cooperman
  95. Hugh Weber
  96. J. Erik Potter
  97. James Gordon-Macintosh
  98. Jamey Shiels
  99. Jasmin Tragas
  100. Jason Oke
  101. Jay Ehret
  102. Jeanne Dininni
  103. Jeff De Cagna
  104. Jeff Gwynne & Todd Cabral
  105. Jeff Noble
  106. Jeff Wallace
  107. Jennifer Warwick
  108. Jenny Meade
  109. Jeremy Fuksa
  110. Jeremy Heilpern
  111. Jeroen Verkroost
  112. Jessica Hagy
  113. Joanna Young
  114. Joe Pulizzi
  115. John Herrington
  116. John Moore
  117. John Rosen
  118. John Todor
  119. Jon Burg
  120. Jon Swanson
  121. Jonathan Trenn
  122. Jordan Behan
  123. Julie Fleischer
  124. Justin Foster
  125. Karl Turley
  126. Kate Trgovac
  127. Katie Chatfield
  128. Katie Konrath
  129. Kenny Lauer
  130. Keri Willenborg
  131. Kevin Jessop
  132. Kristin Gorski
  133. Lewis Green
  134. Lois Kelly
  135. Lori Magno
  136. Louise Manning
  137. Luc Debaisieux
  138. Mario Vellandi
  139. Mark Blair
  140. Mark Earls
  141. Mark Goren
  142. Mark Hancock
  143. Mark Lewis
  144. Mark McGuinness
  145. Matt Dickman
  146. Matt J. McDonald
  147. Matt Moore
  148. Michael Karnjanaprakorn
  149. Michelle Lamar
  150. Mike Arauz
  151. Mike McAllen
  152. Mike Sansone
  153. Mitch Joel
  154. Neil Perkin
  155. Nettie Hartsock
  156. Nick Rice
  157. Oleksandr Skorokhod
  158. Ozgur Alaz
  159. Paul Chaney
  160. Paul Hebert
  161. Paul Isakson
  162. Paul McEnany
  163. Paul Tedesco
  164. Paul Williams
  165. Pet Campbell
  166. Pete Deutschman
  167. Peter Corbett
  168. Phil Gerbyshak
  169. Phil Lewis
  170. Phil Soden
  171. Piet Wulleman
  172. Rachel Steiner
  173. Sreeraj Menon
  174. Reginald Adkins
  175. Richard Huntington
  176. Rishi Desai
  177. Robert Hruzek
  178. Roberta Rosenberg
  179. Robyn McMaster
  180. Roger von Oech
  181. Rohit Bhargava
  182. Ron Shevlin
  183. Ryan Barrett
  184. Ryan Karpeles
  185. Ryan Rasmussen
  186. Sam Huleatt
  187. Sandy Renshaw
  188. Scott Goodson
  189. Scott Monty
  190. Scott Townsend
  191. Scott White
  192. Sean Howard
  193. Sean Scott
  194. Seni Thomas
  195. Seth Gaffney
  196. Shama Hyder
  197. Sheila Scarborough
  198. Sheryl Steadman
  199. Simon Payn
  200. Sonia Simone
  201. Spike Jones
  202. Stanley Johnson
  203. Stephen Collins
  204. Stephen Landau
  205. Stephen Smith
  206. Steve Bannister
  207. Steve Hardy
  208. Steve Portigal
  209. Steve Roesler
  210. Steven Verbruggen
  211. Steve Woodruff
  212. Sue Edworthy
  213. Susan Bird
  214. Susan Gunelius
  215. Susan Heywood
  216. Tammy Lenski
  217. Terrell Meek
  218. Thomas Clifford
  219. Thomas Knoll
  220. Tim Brunelle
  221. Tim Connor
  222. Tim Jackson
  223. Tim Mannveille
  224. Tim Tyler
  225. Timothy Johnson
  226. Tinu Abayomi-Paul
  227. Toby Bloomberg
  228. Todd Andrlik
  229. Troy Rutter
  230. Troy Worman
  231. Uwe Hook
  232. Valeria Maltoni
  233. Vandana Ahuja
  234. Vanessa DiMauro
  235. Veronique Rabuteau
  236. Wayne Buckhanan
  237. William Azaroff
  238. Yves Van Landeghem

*I’m aware that it says there are 237 authors, but that there are 238 on this list. I’ll have to square that with Drew and Gavin- both this list and that number are from the email all the authors were sent.

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Matt Williams asked a good question about Ego Boundaries.

What is ego boundaries, and when do you know that you have crossed them?

Here’s my answer, Matt.

Oriented.com Happy Hour - 06/25/08 @ the Lava Lounge, SF
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Learning about the ego is directly related to how we socialize. And socializing online is integral, of course, to social media. So I’ll answer your ego boundary question first, then talk for a sec about how that relates back to when you to check yours in the context of social media.

First, an aside:

I wish I had discovered a lot more about the ego sooner than I did, too. Actually I take that back, because I knew about the issue of the ego, but then I let my ego keep me from learning more. It’s a constant struggle - but it’s one that you struggle less with over time.

Anyway, to answer your question about ego boundaries - I’m no psychologist but here goes. The ego is the self we think we are. So the ego boundary is edge of that false self that tells us, this is me, and everything else is not me.

The reason ego boundaries are important is because they frame our fundamental sense of reality, and how we play the game of life.

When you have an ego that is out of control, or that you overly identify with, you have a tendency to be hyper-protective and threatened by anything that breaches the boundary between the inner voice and the outside world. What we fail to realize is that that inner voice is not really you, but the fact that you think it is you gives it power to be the one running your life.

If you’re a person who feels helplessly under the control of certain emotions, or can’t seem to make certain good decisions even though on a conscious level you Know that what you’re about to do is bad for you, that’s a sign that your ego is in control.

When you have your ego under your control, you can master anything because you can operate beyond those specifications.

For example, “winning” the game of life for a person caught up in their ego is more about protecting and promoting the self we think we are, our egos. But when we understand that we’re not our egos, “winning” the game is about enhancing the life experience of our actual self, which by virtue of discovering the ego, we no longer see as separate from the rest of the world.

Therefore there is nothing to protect - because there is nothing to fear.

There’s nothing that is not under our control to some degree, and at the same time, because of that we don’t need the control. The point becomes experience and mastery, rather than protection of our false sense of identity security.

In social media, you don’t necessarily want to guard against crossing the ego boundary. A peaceful crossing is arguably a good thing. If you’re still in the early stages of dealing with your own ego or having trouble with it getting in the way of your higher purpose, then you want to properly manage it.

You can mostly tell when you’re being overprotective of your ego when you find yourself fighting with yourself over your new objective of being more sharing.

If you’re constantly thinking about whether or not you’ll get enough credit, or thinking it’s a waste of your time or resources to share items, or you become obsessed with when your contribution is going to come back to you in terms of traffic, chances are your ego is becoming a problem.

Now, the ego, in my opinion, isn’t to be completely conquered and decimated. There are good things about having an ego - we just need to stop Identifying the ego as our true selves. Then we stop putting our need to protect our ego above meeting objectives that are for our own good.

When using social media, we have a tendency to think more about how each action will directly result in traffic, rather than taking a long term view of how the situation will benefit us. It’s the reason why so many people only participate when it benefits them directly, or think it’s a waste of resources to cultivate relationships with others through sharing. That fear that what you put in won’t come back to you in some way is all ego.

If you’ve dealt with your ego, it doesn’t matter if it does or not. And, ironically, it increases the likelihood that your efforts will be rewarded with attention dramatically.

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Well, you’re about to have a chance.

All-in-One Sidebar (AiOS) is an award-winning sidebar control, inspired by Opera’s. It lets you quickly switch between sidebar panels, view dialog windows such as downloads, extensions, and more in the sidebar, or view source or websites in the sidebar.

Click on the left edge of your browser window to open the sidebar and get easy access to all your panels.

You can set the orientation to left or right, set the minimum, default and maximum width and the behavior on browser startup. Furthermore AiOS provides enhancements for many built-in features.

AiOS includes a slide-out button and a toolbar, all of which can be extensively customized.

Enjoy a clear browser window, more toolbar space and much more…

Now, who’s  your daddy!?

MorganLighter

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..I make a typographical error when I’m typing a URL in the address bar - usually the extension -  and it pisses me off.

What’s a fellow to do?  Well, let me tell ya’!

Firefox to the rescue!

URL Fixer corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it will correct it to google.com (asking first, if you enable confirmation).

This version will correct common misspellings of .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil, and all other mainstream TLDs, as well as the protocol (http:, https:). By right-clicking on the address bar, you can set it to auto-correct your errors, or you can have it ask you before making any corrections.

I am aware that there are similar extensions out there, mainly URLSpell and Firefix. As far as I can tell, URLSpell is completely non-functional, and Firefix only alerts you of possible corrections after a page fails to load, using an extra HTTP request to retrieve its corrections suggestions. URL Fixer’s corrections are immediate and will save you time if you make a common typing error.

Get it - URL Fixer.

MorganLIghter

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…Heard of Fast Dial?

Fast Dial replaces “about:blank” page with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite sites. Click on an empty cell, assign a site URL, click OK - a thumbnail will be generated for a site. You can also add sites opened in browser or existing bookmarks by right-clicking them and choosing “Add to Fast Dial” from context menu.
By checking “Group” checkbox in thumbnail properties you can create groups of nested thumbnails.

You can change thumbnail’s position by drag-n-dropping it. (Hold Ctrl while dragging to move thumbnail into a group).

Left click on a thumbnail title opens “Properties” dialog. Middle click on the thumbnail title runs thumbnail refresh.  Alt+ number keyboard opens assigned site.

If you move mouse over thumbnail’s top, a panel of graphic buttons appears.  To view zoomed image press left mouse button and hold it for a moment. You can customize Fast Dial page colors & font in Preferences.

So check it out! Fast Dial.

MorganLighter

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Because I’d never run for president. Cool though, isn’t it? Click on it to make one for yourself. If anyone knows how to do this flash trick, contact me ASAP. I have at Least one job for you. :)

(If you’re reading this via feed, and can’t see the video, you’d have to click through and watch it for this to make sense.)

I have to give credit where credit is due - thanks for sending this to me, Mark. I almost didn’t post this because I’m so mad that I didn’t think of it first… :) And congratulations to the winners of the basketball contest.

But boo Celtics. BOO!

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