Random Thoughts 03/02/2008

  By Tac Anderson | March 2, 2008 - 1:30 am | Comm, newcommbiz

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Not An Employee  Annotated

tags: employees, ncb, smartmobs

  • I have long contended that every employee would be much better if they quite thinking of themselves as an “employee”.  The best thing you can do for yourself, your career and your employer is to always think of yourself as a self employed “free agent”.  While the rest of the world doesn’t share the same employee/employer relationship we have in the US, here at least we have the opportunity to quite a job just as easy as our employer has the ability to “realocate resources”.
     - post by tacanderson
I have long contended that a key transformation to p2p culture rests in the reclamation of the operationalization of “work” by the workers themselves: everything from self-selection (volunteerism) like we see on Wikipedia to widespread freelancing made possible by sites that match individuals’ skillsets to others’ needs. Now, Not An Employee celebrates the individual’s freedom to choose a self-directed work life

    Auburn Journal : AP Stories  Annotated

    tags: linkedin, ncb

    • And no one even noticed.  LinkedIn is the virtual version of a Rolodex.  It sits there till you need to find  one of your contacts to see if they know someone who can help you.  IMHO LinkedIn lost it’s luster when the novelty of connecting with people online wore off.  I’m not saying LinkedIn is irrelevant I think it missed it’s opportunity to sell of a year or two ago, make a few hundred million and go start something else.
       - post by tacanderson
    The online networking site LinkedIn was inaccessible for about an hour Friday just a day after a major update with new features and a special message from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates.
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      Social media anthropologist. Communications strategist. Business model junkie. Chief blogger here at New Comm Biz.
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