Prepare for the Wolf by Robert Roots

Les Brown was right... This is a great book. Robert Roots shares some great insights for us all. I love the subtitle: "Success Secrets from The Three Little Pigs." Are you a "Straw Person"? Wood? Or Brick? Do you know that straw spelled backwards is warts? If so, what does that indicate about your approach to the challenges of life?

"Don't take a Poll, Take Control!" Stop surveying your friends, family and sometimes even strangers before you make a decision." —Robert Roots

This is a fast read, but a book that you will refer to often... and share with family members. And with his new web site and google checkout, you can get your copy on its way quickly.

-ski

P.S. At just $12.95 plus S&H, you are going to want to order two copies. Minimum. There is at least one person that drives you crazy with their inability to make a decision. Give them a copy. Help them to prepare for the "flow" of success. Already successful? Take it to the next level.

---- Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah ski@throughput.us ©2008 Throughput.us LLC. All rights reserved.

Jeff SKI Kinsey and $$boxee at CES

I could use your vote... UPDATE: I lost; here are the winners boxee (the next killer app) is giving away a trip to Vegas and CES this week. They put on a contest for end users to contribute a video promo for boxee ("should be 60 seconds or less" — mine is 59!)... Here is link and voting poll: http://blog.boxee.tv/ces-video-pitches They also asked us to make a "quick pitch" on why we should be picked. Here is my pitch:

Pick me! Pick me!

Link to my boxee promo video:

http://www.vimeo.com/2718287

Quick pitch on “why me?”:

Have been using boxee for about a month and love it. I am on an iMac mini connected to big screen and use a wireless mouse. Going to build a Ubuntu box in a few weeks.

I am an Advanced Toastmaster. Have presented other technical offerings at events around the USA for over 10 years, including Vegas and Reno. Been active in Open Source Software since consulting at Lexis-Nexis in 1996.

-ski

So, if you are of a mind, please visit the site, and check out a few of the videos. Be sure to watch mine, listed #17 Jeff (SKI). If you are comfortable selecting mine, great. Please vote for me.

If not, I understand. We really do want the best of the best representing boxee at CES.

-ski

P.S. The winner will be announced by noon TOMORROW... so, as LBJ was heard to remark, vote quickly and vote often! No, seriously, just one vote per person. Thanks.

---- Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah ski@throughput.us ©2008 Throughput.us LLC. All rights reserved.

Malcolm Gladwell video from Pop!Tech

Malcolm Gladwell at Pop!Tech

"Outlier" is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience. In the summer, in Paris, we expect most days to be somewhere between warm and very hot. But imagine if you had a day in the middle of August where the temperature fell below freezing. That day would be outlier.

Besides talking about his newest book, Outliers, Gladwell mostly shares some great observations from life and sports. Twenty minutes long, but I watched it intensely the whole time. -ski P.S. It pays to have smart friends. I picked this link up from a blog that I follow, then learned that Dave Lakhani is on Twitter! Small world. Do you tweet?