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What Would Google Do?
Feb 7th
If you’re only going to read two business books this year, this should be one of them. The other should be Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk (more on that later). What Would Google Do? is Jeff Jarvis’ analysis of what Google – one of the fastest growing and most powerful companies in the world of new media – did to get to where it is today. It’s not just about what Google did and why though, Jarvis gives plenty of other real world examples of other companies that have used some of the Google techniques in their own business plan to help them gain momentum and standout against the competition.
I only have two brief criticisms of the book. At times, the book might not seem to have direction – it’s organized, but could benefit from some re-orginzation. Additionally, it would have been nice if the author would have included a list of all of the websites listed in the book in one easy to use location. These are two very minor faults in a book that could change the way that you do business for the better. If nothing else, this book will open your eyes with real world examples of what Google and anyone who wants to be successful would do.
Happy New Year! 2010 Redux.
Jan 1st
So I’m an idiot. This may not come as news I know… At the beginning of the year I relaunched this site and blog and somewhere between then and now I managed to hose the entire thing. I’ve started setting things back up again and thankfully found this post in the Google cache so I’m reposting it. Hopefully I won’t hose it again, and if I do, I’ll have plenty of backups to restore everything back to normal. So without further adieu, here’s the post redux…
I figured that since I’ve neglected my domain name for far too long (several years now actually) it’s about time that I dust it off and clear out the cobwebs for the new year. After all, it doesn’t make much sense paying for a domain and hosting when most of the time it goes unused. Not to mention that there are several other Andrew Money’s in the world that might be able to make better use of the space.
To start the year off right, I’ve started the obligatory list of resolutions and things that I would like to do this year. As I revamp the site, I might move the list over into a nifty permeant list somewhere where I can track progress, edit and link to items as I complete them, etc. for now it’s here. So without further adieu my list of resolutions for 2010 (in no particular order):
- Revamp this site (as well as my other domains).
- Fully rehab my knee – at least to the point that I can walk at least 2.5 miles.
- Submit six new iPhone apps to the app store (for myself or other companies).
- Reconnect with friends and family more via Facebook.
- Tweet more (average at least 2x a day).
- Blog more (average at least 4 posts a week).
- Read more (average at least a book a month).
- Weigh less.
- Convert my spare bedroom into my office/man cave.
- Put my shop to work and build something out of wood (possibly to go with #9).
- Organize, organize, organize.
- Downsize, downsize, downsize.
- Donate what I can to Goodwill.
- Sell what I don’t need via eBay.
- Finish installing the other half of my irrigation system in the spring – the first half saved me a ton of water and the plants loved it.
- Recycle more.
- Convert any of my old VHS’s to DVD (home movies, camp movies, etc.).
- Scan my old camp and Philmont photos.
- Prune and update all of my contacts.
- Love more
Here’s to a great 2010 – enjoy the ride!