Sometimes something happens that is like a gift from God. In this case, it was a very complimentary post from Dan Hull over at our sibling corporate blog, What About Client? entitled, Our Wunderkind in Berlin — referring to me. What happened? I realized, after making a couple self-glorifying posts onto my two blogs, that Dan’s post wasn’t simply celebratory, it was also cautionary:

‘Learn a lot, grow a lot, get famous and make money. You have our permission. As long as you “serve somebody”, like the man from Hibbing said, it’s your world. To keep level, read T.S. Eliot, some Flaubert and maybe The Upanishads. But watch a little, too.’ — Dan Hull

As long as you serve somebody. Service is so important and I always forget to do it daily as a habit and a way of life.

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I am one of Bronwen Clune’s biggest fans. I am also one of Norg Media’s biggest fans. Well, it looks like they’re on their way towards taking over the world! Via TechCrunch: Norg Media Wants To Community Enable News:

Norg media has this week expanded from its Perth base and now offers Norg sites for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, with plans to expand into the United States and the United Kingdom in the next 12 months.They are also looking at options for partnerships in non-English speaking countries, having already been approached for partnerships in countries including China. The two person operation is privately funded but is currently talking to investors for funding to bring on new staff so they can better facilitate their international expansion.” Via TechCrunch: Norg Media Wants To Community Enable News