.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } La Ceiba 132, originally uploaded by josuesierra. My wife and I enjoyed a week of rest in the Central American country of Honduras, which included a weekend at Hotel Helen in…

Yay! I love SlideShare and now I like it even more. TechCrunch had the scoop. Tomorrow [today actually] they’ll announce a much-requested feature – synchronization of audio files with slides. This is a great additional feature. We’ve had lots of requests to upload presentation decks to Slideshare after I’ve spoken at conferences. Now, if I…

Sam Diaz is covering news on the announced a la carte pricing if the proposed XM-Sirius merger goes through. It’s the one thing that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has been sweet on: a la carte pricing to give the consumers ultimate control over what they pay for. The cable companies have resisted –…

I have been following Ejovi Nuwere’s “Lessons in Poverty” series. Though I don’t always agree with his worldview, he has interesting first-hand experience and his life is certainly an inspiration for what is possible. In his latest post, he writes about the power of relationships, and a humble and simple request for help from someone…

I’ll be a guest panelist during the Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith this coming November 2-3, 2007. I believe the topic of the panel will be the power of blogging and internet writing. Should be a spirited discussion and a great learning experience. I learn a lot by engaging with the young aspiring journalists,…

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=josuesierra-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1591841380&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr I got this about a month ago, but since I’m done with school for the summer term, I decided to finish it up. Its a great book on crowdcasting. I’m already finding practical ideas on how to benefit from community involvement in my employer’s flagship website.

There is a real economic value to having managers and staff with moral character. There is also a real economic risk and cost of not being careful of who you hire. In business, if you want to ad another few percentage points to your profit margins, make sure your hires are qualified, but also make…

I’m working on my MBA, and that inevitably brings out questions about the future, about what I am passionate about, and about what I am working towards. Someone asked me this afternoon, “What are you passionate about?” Besides the non-profit work I do on the side, the truth is I’m not sure. One thing I…

Todd Warfel gave the iPhone rave reviews. He wrote out a details post on his initial iPhone experience. Yes, that’s right. Don’t believe the hype. Because the hype simply doesn’t do this sexy thing justice. My expectations were pretty high for the new iPhone and they were exceeded. I made the line at the Apple…

Peter Brinckerhoff has a great list of 6 changes technologies that have major implications for nonprofits: I’m working on the April edition of the Mission-Based Management Newsletter, which will be about the new uses of technology. This is his list. Head on over to Peter’s Mission-Based Management blog for the details. 1. Peer Review/participation. 2….

I’m almost there!! It feels so close, I can almost see the diploma hanging on the wall! I am one semester away from getting my MBA and I can’t tell you how excited I am. The best thing is that I am finishing of the program with two great courses I’m looking forward to completing….

AFP has a story via Yahoo about a poll commissioned by the Lulu Blooker Prize, a literary award for books, conducted by British pollsters YouGov. According to the story, 2,091 adults where questioned on what where the most irritating words spawned by the Internet. “Blog”, “netiquette”, “cookie” and “wiki” have been voted among the most…