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Listening As Strategy – Listening For Reinforcement

May 16, 2011 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

“Still a man hears what he wants to hear. And disregards the rest.” – Paul Simon, The Boxer. Like it or not, we all probably fall into this listening strategy from time to time. We turn off our critical thinking skills and listen, intently, only for those things that reinforce positions we already hold. We […]

Listening As Strategy – Not Listening

April 29, 2011 By Jeff Turner 12 Comments

Not listening is one of the most common and valuable listening strategies. Not listening, or “selective hearing” is the most basic of all listening skills. It is how we’re able to focus on the person we’re sitting with in a crowded restaurant, even though multiple conversations are taking place around us. We filter out what […]

I Don’t Want To Color With Strangers

April 28, 2011 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

Love it or loath it, the smartphone app Color is one of the most innovative Web products to have launched this year. It has a user experience that is as unique and different as Twitter was 5 years ago… I believe that Color has a very good chance of becoming a large scale success like Twitter. […]

I Don’t Hate QR Codes

April 27, 2011 By Jeff Turner 9 Comments

I don’t hate QR codes. I hate how QR codes are being used. I hate the lack of thought being given to QR Code use and I hate the hype over their use. But I don’t hate QR codes. QR codes are inert. QR codes are only as good as you make them. If there […]

A Quick Look At Lockify

April 14, 2011 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

Shiny objects still have the power to steal my focus. This morning I received an email inviting me to a private beta for Lockify.com and I couldn’t resist giving it a try. It’s a simple service. It does one thing – encrypts messages. In doing so, it allows you to send sensitive information in a […]

Conversations Grow By Interest, Not By Invite

April 4, 2011 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

The best conversations I’ve been a part of recently have grown organically. Here’s how it works. Someone like Matthew Shadbolt throws out a question, or a thought about a link. Someone like Gahlord Dewald throws out a response. Sometimes, it stops there. But when it doesn’t, that’s when the magic happens. When a good thought […]