The Bamboo Project Blog: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Want to be a "Career Untouchable" I've always said there's no such thing as job security.
Whether we realize it or not, most of us are essentially independent contractors, working at the whim of our customers, assured of employment only as long as we are able to add value in some way. This weekend I started thinking about ways to become a "career untouchable. " That is, how do we position ourselves so that we are always providing value to our customers, whether they are an employer or some other kind of customer.
I came up with 5 key questions that I think we need to ask ourselves and be able to answer yes to: 1. Usually this is the work we tend to throw ourselves into and that passion shows. There's the stuff that we can do, but it's not a strength, and then there's the stuff that we're REALLY good at. 3. Design – Design--creating simple, elegant ways of doing things--is difficult to outsource or automate. (NOTE--You can download a great mindmap of Dan's book here) 4. What do you think about these questions? 10 Future Web Trends. We're well into the current era of the Web, commonly referred to as Web 2.0.
Features of this phase of the Web include search, social networks, online media (music, video, etc), content aggregation and syndication (RSS), mashups (APIs), and much more. Currently the Web is still mostly accessed via a PC, but we're starting to see more Web excitement from mobile devices (e.g. iPhone) and television sets (e.g. XBox Live 360). What then can we expect from the next 10 or so years on the Web? As NatC commented in this week's poll, the biggest impact of the Web in 10 years time won't necessarily be via a computer screen - "your online activity will be mixed with your presence, travels, objects you buy or act with. " Bearing all that in mind, here are 10 Web trends to look out for over the next 10 years... 1. Sir Tim Berners-Lee's vision for a Semantic Web has been The Next Big Thing for a long time now.
So when will the Semantic Web arrive? Semantic Web pic by dullhunk 2. 3. Advertising 2.0 Whitepaper. This 20 page whitepaper explores the influence of technology in advertising, marketing and media, and the threats and opportunities triggered by the revolution of the new, social internet.
October 2008 | More than 30.000 copies downloaded! Who should read this? Everybody in advertising, marketing and media, especialy those interested in new technologies. La Argentina tecnológica en cifras: PC, navegantes y telefonía celular.