Geoff Jones

Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life

Author: Geoff

Living my life…

Thanks to Old-faithful Wolf from the MKP for this inspiring quote:-
From the book “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

So simple but certainly for me so difficult, especially 3 & 2.

Main stream media starts to trust the blogosphere….

A really excellent idea, outlined here, of how The Washington Post intends to make an improved version of a blogroll by:-

A link to members’ blogs will be featured in our Sponsored Blogroll index, giving your writing promotional space on the washingtonpost.com home page and giving you an introduction to an audience of 8 million readers monthly. At the same time, our hardworking sales reps will help connect your signature musings with the huge number of advertisers we deal with every day who are looking for the next big, slightly-outside-the-mainstream idea.

As a Sponsored Blogroll member, you’ll maintain your independence. But you’ll get additional site traffic, a little buzz and maybe some additional income.

As I say in the comments:-
Sounds a really awesome idea to me. As people who are new to the blogosphere will have a helping hand to decent blogs rather than being put off when they find splogs in random searches. Will be interesting to see how much time they spend weeding the list once they have created it.

So instead of the A list we will now have arguments about how to get on the W list!

Insanely addictive – Popsugar

Amazing site for the teens and slightly above just look at this river of comments pouring in from its users, in real time. Another Myspace or YouTube in the making.

The site is still privately owned

“Sugar Publishing is a privately-owned media company focused on creating the best online editorial and community for trendsetting, passionate, smart women.”

Ringing phone on plane.

Its seems true we are all going mad. This BA plane was forced to turn back

“Security teams on the ground advised that the plane could continue safely but after 90 minutes angry passengers complained and the pilot returned to the UK”.

What ever were those passengers thinking off? and what about the poor guy whose phone it is(was) they will be getting a knock from PC Plod quite soon.