Devin Reams

Jeremy Tanner tagged me: I need to chime in and tell the world, in all my infinite wisdom, what a “social media” best practice is.
Interestingly enough my knee jerk reaction was to say either:

if you call it social media you’re doing it wrong, or
just stop trying, FFS.

At least, that’s the way I’ve felt in the [...]

Lets dive right into them, shall we? I present to you, the websites that aren’t quite mainstream … yet.
1. GMail

Who: Google
What: Free e-mail with lots of space, IMAP, mobile accessibility, powered by ads
Why it’s cool: GMail was on the cutting edge of webmail with a huge giveaway of space and a smart interface coupled with [...]

Now that I have a few spare minutes to collect my thoughts I figured I’d share a little about my professional life as of late:
The Previous Employer
If you’re not aware, I left my job of 11 months and 3 weeks (just barely a year) this past July 18th. I had been working at Ernst & [...]

I’ve seen, first hand, the challenges faced when trying to get a group of people together on the internet. I’m a member of a of a number of online communities. I’ve also helped found a few communities. They include:

9rules - a group I really wanted to become a part of, the best of the best [...]

UPDATE: If you’re looking for a free copy of the book, head on over to okdork.
I finished reading an awesome book that’s about to come out: Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. These book comes from the same guy (and his brother) that wrote The Starfish and the Spider.
Ori and his brother take [...]

I’ve traveled quite a bit lately and have been working on being able to entertainingly come up with some common passenger profiles. Here are a few more of my findings:

The laptop wielding road warrior: Two trips in a row have I sat next to a woman who insists on working on a spreadsheet or e-mail [...]

I’ve done a bunch of flying in the last few months (for work and training). I still get a little excited every time I fly. Airports have so many people and airplanes have so many people in a small spot. This means excellent people watching. I’ve come up with some of my favorite passenger profiles:

Can’t [...]

I’m excited for this next election. Definitely more than last time where I said ‘voting sucks‘.
But, I still want to throw out a few quotes:
“Teens are extremely socially aware, but favour participation through their consumption choices, because they believe corporations are more effective agents of change than governments.” Source
“The Zen master would say if you [...]

Just don’t do it. Eating alone, though easier and more enjoyable sometimes (especially if you like yourself as much as I do) we should all do our best to become acquainted with the people at work.
If you’re very entry-level (and young, like myself) it seems very mature of you to invite a group of people [...]

Have you ever worked with someone who is so bone-on-bone and abrasive that you can’t stand them by mid-day? I’ve worked in a number of companies where it’s obvious that different personalities can’t always come together. Sure, differences in people are good (you gain unique perspectives and ways of thinking) but in so many cases [...]

Transparency
Peter Knox sparked this off with his own monologue on transparency:
“This is my website. If you don’t want to hire me for this transparency, maybe I don’t want to work for you. If you don’t want to date me for this exposure, maybe I don’t want to date you … anonymous just isn’t for me [...]