Morning Browser: taking stock
Submitted by Christian Grantham on December 3, 2008 - 7:31am.
There are only a few days left in 2008, and with that comes several blog postings of personal assessment and looking to the year to come and beyond.
Did you achieve your personal goals for 2008? What were the challenges? What tools can help you overcome those challenges? How will the results help shape your goals for the future?
- What Will 2009 Bring? - Relationship Economy
Trading information is actually a form of commerce. When you consider the billions of conversations which occurred in 2008 the information exchanged created new knowledge, new skills and in many cases an economic exchange between two or more parties. Consider how many businesses have shifted their advertising dollars to the social web. Consider how many brands are trying to engage in the conversations throughout the web. Consider what we are all learning from all this social stuff. Just consider the extent of “social commerce” which occurred in 2008. One could conclude that indeed we saw a significant increase in “social commerce” during 2008 and it will continue throughout 2009 with more precise economic definition and measures.- how to lead a tribe (part 2) - Flower Dust
this post offers a little bit more simplistic advice…if you’re already leading a tribe, or if you’re going to embark on an intentional journey to do so, this tip is probably one of the most important suggestions i can give you.- Not a Good Sign: Tennessee Ranks 14th in Economic Distress - Pith In The Wind
With the stats for October now in, Tennessee has jumped to a 20th ranking in foreclosures, and a handsome Top 10 positioning for unemployment, added to a 6.8 jump in food stamp filing over the last year. While we're still not taking the pummeling found on the coasts, it appears the Gods of Mean Wallets have not forgotten about us.- Gas Prices in Nashville and the Story of How My Wife is Always Right - New to Nashville
But on another note, the experiment helped me discover AAA’s gas price Web site - the Fuel Gauge Report. As of December 2nd at 3:00 am CST, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $1.673. I bet $1.50 is the trough.- Interesting New Site To Check Out For 2010 Senate Race - Sharon Cobb
I received an email from Senate Guru, asking me to please link her/him. I don't know this person, but I checked out the site, and it appears to be very thorough, and the person running it appears to be very knowledgeable about the Senate race for 2010, and also has her/his site laid out in a way that is easy to read and compare different candidates.
