Making a New Year’s Resolution is admirable: it’s an indication that you strive for self-improvement. It’s noble to want to be more charitable, to become physically fit, to quit smoking, or to make one of thousands of different changes that can make you happier and stronger.
Category: My musings
Thanksgiving Appearance on CNN
I appeared on CNN Thanksgiving morning with CNN’s Josh Levs to give some quick pointers on how to manage your Facebook privacy settings. Facebook privacy made headlines again when a woman lost her health benefits due to Facebook. For details about my appearance on CNN, you can check out our Mashable article about it.
Mentorship and Your Startup
It shouldn’t surprise you that the vast majority of the world’s most successful businesses and entrepreneurs didn’t do it alone. Apple’s Steve Jobs had co-founder Steve Wozniak, Microsoft’s Bill Gates had co-founder Paul Allen, and Google was built by two men, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. And any successful startup needs a driven, flexible, intelligent,… Continue reading Mentorship and Your Startup
There's Only One Metric of Success in Business: PROFIT
Watch the first two minutes of this speech I gave at Northwestern (I’ve tagged the part of the video where I talk about it), and you’ll see how I picked the title of this article: Jason Fried of 37Signals has once again brought down the reality check hammer, about something I keep harping about: profit.… Continue reading There's Only One Metric of Success in Business: PROFIT
Top 7 Reasons to Donate to the Summer of Social Good
This summer, Mashable (where I am editor) has been part of a major charity drive: The Summer of Social Good. It’s been a huge initiative on our part to use the power of social media and social networks to do some good for the world. The money raised will go to four charities: – Livestrong… Continue reading Top 7 Reasons to Donate to the Summer of Social Good
NEW: Ben Parr's Posterous Experiment
If you’ve been following my Twitter account, you might have noticed some new Post.ly links, pictures of cute animals, and even a photostream of the Congressional Roundtable I attended yesterday. That’s because I have set up a new, complementary blog to BenParr.com, powered by Posterous, a YCombinator-funded company. The purpose of the Posterous blog is… Continue reading NEW: Ben Parr's Posterous Experiment
The Importance of a Strong Online Presence [The Zed Shaw Case]
Today I was reading through my usual news sources on the train when I stumbled across this article by Zed Shaw on Hacker News. Aptly titled “I’m Moving To San Francisco, I Need A Job,” the well-known programmer (and nemesis to Ruby on Rails developers everywhere) announces that he’s moving from NYC and wants to… Continue reading The Importance of a Strong Online Presence [The Zed Shaw Case]
Using Social Media for Small Business and Nonprofits [Video]
I know, more video on BenParr.com! How did I find myself in front of all these cameras, anyway? Last month, I was honored to be part of a panel for The Commonwealth Club. The subject was how to utilize social media for small business and non-profits. The hour-long panel included myself and some other great… Continue reading Using Social Media for Small Business and Nonprofits [Video]
CNN Live: iPhone 3G S and AT&T Talk [Video]
Embedded video from CNN Video I was on CNN Live once again, this time as part of the Friday ‘Tech Talk’. I discussed the new iPhone (and took a few shots towards AT&T) with the determined trooper Veronica Belmont, the savvy MG Siegler, and the sharp Mark McClusky. And Veronica: Yes, headsets are so 2008.… Continue reading CNN Live: iPhone 3G S and AT&T Talk [Video]
BenParr.com – The Redesign!
Moving across the country and Mashable have killed my blogging on BenParr.com, but still thousands of people are reading my posts. So, with my change of location, I thought I’d throw in a change of design. So welcome to the new BenParr.com, the beginnings of a more social, more interactive BenParr.com. The old design has… Continue reading BenParr.com – The Redesign!