Comments by Danny Brown

What a fantastic idea!

It’s great to see parents becoming more involved with their kids’ lives - all too often it’s a case of “Here’s your new Playstation 3 game, now go to your room” approach.

The fact that you’re doing the same as your kids makes it all the more fun and interactive - look forward to hearing how it goes.

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I think the puppy thing must be something called the Sexed Up Sevens, since our Chinese Crested pups have the constant pinky as well - hmm...

Not usually a great fan of lists but yours may just change my thinking. :)

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I mentioned it somewhere else tonight, but it's all too easy for people to forget that we only have an online world to play in because of our offline ventures. Without web designers, application developers and software engineers, I wouldn't be responding to your thoughts now. But I am, and for that I needed the input of someone offline to enable it.

We should remember this more often before we evangelize on how great the online world is. There are two worlds for us to enjoy - let's not get greedy on one.

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Getting back into my groove is one thing - getting back into work groove is a whole other ball game, my friend.

I’ll steal some of your ideas, if that’s okay? ;-)

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I've always been of the opinion that it's not quantity, it's quality (and you can pretty much take that into any facet of life, online and off).

As you mention, with auto-follow tools and many marketers using the same tactics on Twitter as they do elsewhere (numbers, numbers, numbers) it offers no real guide to a user's authority.

A Twitter user with less than 10 followers can offer just as much (if not more) authority than someone with 10,000. For instance, do 1,000 "auto" re-Tweets on behalf of a superstar carry any more credence than 10 re-Tweets from a low-count Twitter user? I'm not sure - many people re-Tweet something simply because it came from one of the Twitter power users.

But a re-Tweet on behalf of someone with low follower count? That says to me they're saying something equally powerful.

I'll stick with the community over the impunity every time, thanks.

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It’d be remiss of me to use anything else but the same three words I did over at Chez Brogan, so I’ll use them here too:

Never. Give. Up.

No matter what you do, personally or professionally, keep asking questions. Keep pushing yourself, and don’t settle for the status quo. The day we give up - learning, experimenting, challenging, questioning, etc - is the day we may as well pack our bags and go home.

PS - bonus three words. Read Amber Naslund.
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It is strange how we can build up such trusting and interactive relationships without the physical contact. Getting more and more like The Matrix every day…

To-do lists are far better ideas than resolutions, anyhoo - resolutions are your way of saying “I resolve to” but there’s less pressure on a simple to-do list, probably giving it more chance of success.

Tomorrow sees everything change for sure - should be a fun ride!

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@ Jon. It’s interesting to see you use the international “local market’, with your own country as your local audience (particularly on Twitter). I feel this is where many users whose first language is English are probably missing out - it never fails to amaze me how other countries are able to drop into English easily (or so it would appear). Can only help in the long run, and always impressive to see.

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@ Sam. I just saw that post now, popping back to read properly. Actually, the lack of daylight just means I have to open my eyes more when it’s around

@ Tim. It’s like you say, Tim - there’s a whole world going on around us. We just need to look.

@ Harold. Good to have you aboard, and hopefully see you around more sharing your views. Good to know that you found the eco option useful, it’s only a small thing but can make such a difference to the planet. Look forward to reading your thoughts (here and at your own blog) in 2009.

@ Mike. Thanks, Mike, and glad you enjoyed the video as well. Carl Sagan was a true inspiration and will be missed.

Thanks for stopping by, guys, and offering your views - you make it all worthwhile.

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I’m guessing if you’d curved around your finger instead of cutting straight ahead you would have missed it? ;-)

The Earth is the biggest curve going - strange how we still think it’s straight…

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This is the inherent problem facing social media - how social can it be when the numbers start flying in? There are some people who do it really well (Chris Brogan springs to mind) and then there are others who… well, let’s not name names but they know who they are.

The good thing is that people are beginning to realize that it’s not about the quantity, it’s about the quality. It’s pretty similar to what girlfriends and wives have been saying to their boyfriends and husbands for years about size versus what you do with it. Hmm, they WERE talking sense!

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That must be my UK version of terminology coming through - when I said “revisit” I did actually mean tweak it if needed. I’ll have to stop and think in future of the different meanings…

Great point about being innovative every day, particularly when there are companies that aren’t being innovative anywhere near as much as they should be. Then they wonder why they’re struggling…

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@ HowToMakeMyBlog.com.

Isn’t the point of a guest post to share your views with the readers of the blog owner out of shared interests as opposed to seemingly just doing it to “get your blog a lot of exposure”?

Just saying.

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That's the problem with creativity, Deb - you need full passion to make it work, or else you're just idling time without really doing anything.

Particularly in the entertainment industry, where there are countless thousands of wannabe whatevers, the passion is the key single thing that will separate you from the rest.

I don't know the guys or the relationship between them all, but my gut instinct says a new start is in order. Even if it's just session players to get some live gigs under your belts, you won't get anywhere if people don't know your name.

Good luck with how it goes, I'll be watching on with interest.

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Interesting views, Hendry, and I agree that there are certainly plenty girls around for both leading roles and supporting ones.

You’re right, it’s not necessary to be a thought leader to run a business - but being a thought leader is definitely a pre-requisite to making that business work.

Allowing others to run the ship; looking at ways to work that your competitors don’t have; keeping clients interested after the results; these and more require thought leadership that doesn’t stick within the normal parameters of leadership.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your views, I appreciate it.

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