“The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile away. Rather than create new ideas or pen thoughtful essays, they simply glom on to the latest news with another "me too" blog post.” IdeasFunnyNamesGroupsNewsDefinitionsMilesSpotsPostsThoughtfulPensNew IdeasEssaysBlogsBloggingMiles AwayBloggers Author:Steve Rubel
“So as I thought about it, the most important "tool" you can have today in business is insatiable curiosity. The minute you lose it, you're dead.” ImportantTodayLosesBusinessMinutesToolsCuriosityInsatiable Author:Steve Rubel
“More content will be created today than existed in entirety before 2003.” TodayEntirety Author:Steve Rubel
“Marketing today is much more like sailing than driving. Your boat is the brand. If you point your boat in the right direction, follow the winds/currents, and steer, you will get the boat to go where you want it. Marketers should become the wind, but accept that they’re at the mercy of the currents and weather” IfsWantShouldTodayAcceptingWindMercyMarketingCurrentsDrivingWeatherBoatBrandsSailingSteersRight DirectionMarketers Author:Steve Rubel
“A prominent mention in The Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago garnered me a whopping 40 visitors.” WeekStreetsWallCoupleJournalVisitorsProminentWall Street Journal Author:Steve Rubel
“Let's face it, we're skunk drunk and it's because of money. It's almost like we all need to enter Betty Ford Clinic 2.0 together. This time, it's not stock market money but private equity, M&A, VCs and to some degree the reckless abandonment of logic by some advertisers who are perpetuating what is sure to end badly when the economy turns. Hubris is back my friends.” NeedsEndsTogetherFacesTurnsEconomyDegreesMy FriendsLogicDrunkEquityAbandonmentRecklessHubrisClinicAdvertisersPerpetuatingPrivate Equity Author:Steve Rubel
“The iPhone has completely changed how I interact with information on the go. When I travel I leave the notebook at home.” HomeInformationChangedNotebookIphone Author:Steve Rubel
“The bigger story here is that the fabric of the Net has changed; it’s a place for people to connect up around shared interests and then collaborate towards some sort of action.” PeopleStoriesActionInterestChangedBiggerFabric Author:Steve Rubel
