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297 entries since 2006, newest first.

Editor: Squash these?

Author: No. The history stays.

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Editor: 2012: 58 entries?

Author: I had opinions.

2026

6 entries
first 09-09 · last 11-06
  1. Contextkeeping: a toolkit built the way it tells you to buildKCS · The Workbench · Work
  2. The assistant that speaks firstKCS · The Workbench · Work
  3. One brain, two machines, no rented brainsPersonal · The Workbench · Work
  4. Three measures. One grade. Twenty Seven years.3DC · The Workbench
  5. Talking with bits and bytes to a haunted crystal ballThe Workbench
  6. The Still Doesn’t Make the WhiskeyDistillery · KCS · Social Business · Work

    Editor: Whiskey?

    Author: Correct here. American.

2024

1 entry
first and last 04-20
  1. “How to Write a Perfect Resume” – according to LinkedIn expertsPersonal · Social Business · Work · Writing

2023

38 entries
first 01-19 · last 10-10

Editor: 38 in one year. What happened?

Author: I had things to say again.

  1. Bartending and the Art of Digital HospitalityCocktails · Work · Writing
  2. Knowledge Management -is- Customer ServiceKCS · Work

    Editor: Hyphens?

    Author: Stet. On purpose.

  3. A Knowledge Manager Elevator PitchKCS · Work · Writing
  4. Content Strategy vs Content StrategyWork · Writing

    Editor: Dup?

    Author: No. Read it.

  5. AI for Headshots: A Cost-Effective Solution for LinkedIn ProfilesPersonal · Photography · Social Business · Work
  6. Creating a GREAT LinkedIn ProfileSocial Business · Work

    Editor: Caps.

    Author: Stet. It was 2023.

  7. KCS By Any Other Name…KCS · Work · Writing

    Editor: That’s one.

  8. But WHY should I be active on LinkedIn???Social Business · Writing
  9. Microcontent, Lego, and the Future of Customer SuccessKCS · Work · Writing
  10. Treat your KCS Implementation as a Program – Not a ProjectKCS · Work
  11. AI in Customer Success: 5 Key GuidelinesSocial Business · Work
  12. 5 essentials for building your personal brand on LinkedInPersonal · Social Business · Work
  13. The Top Five MVPs for a KCS ImplementationKCS · Work
  14. Redefining Enterprise Customer SuccessWork
  15. How Content Professionals Can Stay Relevant in the Age of Generative AIWork · Writing
  16. The Art of Objection HandlingKCS · Social Business · Work
  17. Prompt Engineering: The Next Job Skill, Not The Next JobSocial Business · Work · Writing
  18. The One Thing You Must Do for a Successful KCS ImplementationKCS · Work
  19. People are PeopleSocial Business · Work · Writing
  20. Reclaim dominance over your InboxWork
  21. Knowledge as an AssetKCS · Work
  22. Building a Knowledge Sharing Culture with KCSKCS · Work
  23. Solving Problems – Invert Your ThinkingWork
  24. The future of Knowledge Management in the time of Generative AIKCS · Work · Writing
  25. Imposter Syndrome Can Prevent You from Getting Your Dream JobPersonal · Work · Writing
  26. Great LinkedIn Feature for Job SeekersSocial Business · Work
  27. Transcribe Unlimited Audio Minutes for Free(ish)Personal · Social Business · Work
  28. Arc – My new browser of choicePersonal · Work
  29. LED Key lights without spending any moneyWork · Writing
  30. Rebooting a KCS ProgramKCS · Work · Writing
  31. CSI Member Summit 2023 personal recapKCS · Work
  32. An open letter to my team…KCS · Personal · Work · Writing

    Editor: That’s two.

  33. The Content Success QuadrantWork · Writing
  34. My 2023 desk setupMiscellany · Personal · Podcasts · Work
  35. Why I want to be the dumbest person in the room, and so should youPersonal · Social Business · Writing
  36. The rise of micro-content; or, how Hemingway paved the way for Social mediaSocial Business · Work · Writing
  37. Quiet quitting and the adoption of calculated mediocrityMiscellany · Personal · Social Business · Work · Writing
  38. A simple, not so simple, art commissionPersonal

2020

1 entry
first and last 03-25
  1. Work from home advicePersonal · Social Business · Work

2019

5 entries
first 01-29 · last 08-22
  1. Impostor syndromePersonal · Writing
  2. I saw myself at a software conferencePersonal · Work · Writing
  3. In defense of the selfiePersonal · Social Business · Writing
  4. Flavour nerds3DC · Cocktails · Food and Drink · Personal
  5. The On Being Human Podcast – Episode 12Personal

2018

2 entries
first 05-11 · last 12-31
  1. This was going to be a 2018 recap…Personal · Writing

    Editor: Three.

    Author: …

  2. So long, Klout….Social Business · Work

    Editor: Four.

2017

3 entries
first 02-02 · last 05-22
  1. In honour of world Goth Day….Cocktails · Food and Drink

    Editor: Five. Are you paid by the dot?

    Author: By the pause.

  2. Another turning point… The closing of TVDDistillery · Food and Drink · Work

    Editor: Six.

  3. 5 underutilized Facebook featuresSocial Business

2015

2 entries
first 08-09 · last 08-10

Editor: Two?

Author: Busy.

  1. Change is the only constantSocial Business · Work
  2. Another trip to Vancouver Island, BCPersonal · Photography

2014

21 entries
first 01-09 · last 12-19
  1. Reminiscing with my day job blog postsSocial Business · Work
  2. Ten books that impacted my lifePersonal · Writing
  3. Psst, I have a SecretPersonal · Social Business
  4. It can’t be just me, right?Personal
  5. A social quandaryMiscellany · Personal
  6. My takeaways from WriteTheDocs 2014Social Business · Work · Writing
  7. Don’t blame the toolsPersonal · Social Business · Work
  8. Information is currency; Privacy doesn’t existSocial Business · Work
  9. Customer service is easy, so why is it so hard?Personal · Social Business
  10. Driving behaviour by metrics; a Google Page Rank discussionSocial Business
  11. Personal or Professional: Why not both?Social Business
  12. A missive on the TVD LogoDistillery · Miscellany · Personal
  13. Know your audiencePersonal · Social Business · Writing
  14. Of social business and sand castlesSocial Business · Work
  15. Stop talking, start doing.Social Business
  16. Hiring ducks and eagles helps build a social businessSocial Business · Work
  17. Two tenets for a successful social business programSocial Business
  18. A business ethos that transcends industrySocial Business · Work
  19. Gamification is great, until it destroys usSocial Business · Work
  20. Community as a key to success; or, there’s Too Many SecretsSocial Business · Work
  21. Sentiment analysis is dead, long live sentiment analysisSocial Business · Work

2013

48 entries
first 01-09 · last 12-25
  1. A Merry Christmas to all!Personal · Work
  2. Just yes or no, thank you.Personal · Social Business
  3. Advertising gone wrong – sexism exemplifiedFood and Drink · Social Business
  4. My top performing posts in 2013Miscellany · Social Business · Work
  5. Train horns and social businessSocial Business
  6. Be a successful social business by being social internally tooSocial Business
  7. Our complex social connectionsSocial Business
  8. Your blog posts suck and no one is reading themSocial Business
  9. You should start blogging NOW: A lesson in the benefits of bloggingSocial Business
  10. A NaNoWriMo roundup from years pastWriting
  11. Learning Social Business from KM failuresSocial Business · Work
  12. The measure of a manFood and Drink · Miscellany
  13. Blogging 101 for Subject Matter ExpertsSocial Business
  14. One day more; a midweek missive on #SMWChicagoSocial Business
  15. A discussion on barriers to social participationSocial Business · Work
  16. Finding a Facebook page’s RSS feedSocial Business · Work
  17. Barriers to social participation and how I moved past themSocial Business
  18. Privacy and social engagementSocial Business
  19. The fear of saying the wrong thingSocial Business
  20. My embedded portfolioPhotography
  21. Do influencers deserve to be paid?Social Business
  22. Deeper content automation via Feedly and IFTTT.comSocial Business
  23. How social business is like whiskey, a presentationSocial Business · Work
  24. The intrinsic fallacy of “I don’t have time for that”Social Business
  25. Get that job: Using social media to stand outSocial Business · Work
  26. The year of social: takeaways from IBM Innovate 2013Social Business · Work
  27. Culture change, innovation, and the necessity of disruptionPersonal · Writing
  28. Blue Galaxy and the future of businessSocial Business
  29. The dark-side of social media: the chasm of polarizationSocial Business
  30. Best efforts as a best practiceSocial Business
  31. Fear of failure and disruption; on stifling innovation.Social Business
  32. On being a social businessSocial Business
  33. Improve your personal digital eminence by adding valueSocial Business
  34. To succeed in business, don’t do what I doSocial Business
  35. To build a ship, teach them to yearn for the sea…Social Business

    Editor: Seven.

    Author: Stet. All of them.

  36. Build your success by claiming your name-spaceSocial Business
  37. Time-shifting tweets to reach global audiencesSocial Business
  38. Practical steps for getting started in Social BusinessSocial Business
  39. How good intentions can widen the social gapPersonal · Social Business
  40. Staying out of trouble by legally reusing photographsSocial Business
  41. A photo-blog of our trip to Victoria, B.C.Personal · Photography
  42. Using RSS and Email to prevent future embarrassmentPersonal · Social Business
  43. On citing sourcesSocial Business · Work
  44. A weekend jaunt to Evergreen Aviation and Space MuseumPhotography
  45. My top 5 strengths- reduxPersonal · Social Business
  46. My top 5 strengths; Or, how this was a different post until I went to write itSocial Business
  47. Membership drives versus organic growthSocial Business · Work
  48. Influence is irrelevantSocial Business

2012

58 entries
first 01-04 · last 12-31
  1. Looking back at 2012Personal
  2. 2013: The Year of InfluenceSocial Business
  3. Vague bloggingMiscellany
  4. A practitioner’s perspective on putting the SOCIAL back in social businessSocial Business · Work
  5. Big Bottom Whiskey review and photos3DC · Food and Drink · Photography
  6. Empty chairs at empty tablesPersonal
  7. How to shoot yourself in the footPersonal · Work
  8. Diminishing Returns: On Judicious HashtaggingSocial Business
  9. Own your content, claim your authorshipSocial Business · Work
  10. This is not a love songPersonal · Social Business
  11. Gardening has defined my adulthood successMiscellany · Personal
  12. Another 1760 mile round trip…3DC · Photography

    Editor: Eight.

  13. Photo editingPhotography
  14. Social media- The invisible cost of ownershipSocial Business
  15. The art of unfriending- humanism in social mediaSocial Business · Work
  16. WaywardCelt Photography: The official launchPhotography
  17. Building a better business: Hiring ducks and eagles for the right jobsSocial Business · Work
  18. Working Outside the Inbox- A presentationSocial Business · Work
  19. YOU are a community managerSocial Business
  20. Working Outside the Inbox: Think Friday- A WOTI recapSocial Business · Work
  21. Silver Falls and trellise train tracksPersonal · Photography
  22. Take an afternoon showerPersonal · Social Business · Work · Writing
  23. My own digital detoxPersonal · Photography
  24. Finding my path to the woods….Personal · Writing

    Editor: Nine.

  25. The Naked Marketers, Ep 62: Jason O’Donnell talks smart social strategyPodcasts · Social Business
  26. The ethical treatment of dataPersonal · Social Business · Writing
  27. A day late and a dollar short…Photography

    Editor: Ten. I give up.

    Author: Finally.

  28. Best PracticesSocial Business
  29. Oregon flowers, landscapes, and architecturePhotography
  30. Working Outside the Inbox: Returning from vacationSocial Business · Work
  31. Flow, cadence, rhythm, frequency…Social Business
  32. Why all the fuss over stolen LinkedIn passwords:Social Business · Work
  33. Automating cross-channel posting of social content…Social Business
  34. Conquering Fear: Mt. Rushmore- a quick 3,116 mile solo ridePersonal · Photography
  35. Fear of DOINGPersonal
  36. A Moo review- Moo.comPersonal · Social Business
  37. A day in photos- whiskies and weldingPersonal · Photography
  38. To be provocative, or to be safe? Thoughts on managing digital personasPersonal · Social Business
  39. Protect yourselves, stay vigilantPersonal · Social Business
  40. Command & ControlSocial Business
  41. Whiskies all around me!3DC · Personal
  42. Working outside the inbox- Stubbed my toe on a metrics tableSocial Business · Work
  43. Working Outside the Inbox: Put your Inbox in the upstairs bathroomSocial Business · Work
  44. SpamMiscellany · Personal
  45. Jackalopes DO exist…Personal
  46. Working Outside the Inbox: Those pesky status updatesSocial Business · Work
  47. YouTube and RSS: Building a feed linkSocial Business · Work
  48. A smattering of maritime photographyPhotography
  49. A weekend of paintingPersonal
  50. Universal truths and connecting the dotsPersonal · Work · Writing
  51. Working Outside the Inbox, Step 3: Move conversations to the right home!Social Business · Work
  52. Looking forward…. and setting my sightsPersonal · Work
  53. Two weeks into killing off e-mail…Social Business · Work
  54. Email is dead to meSocial Business · Work
  55. Brain dump: Lessons learned co-hosting a biweekly call for 3 yearsWork
  56. In honour of the winter stormsPhotography
  57. Portland’s Lan Su Chinese GardensPersonal · Photography
  58. Negativity…Personal

2011

44 entries
first 01-10 · last 12-30
  1. This is not a resolution…Personal · Photography · Writing
  2. NaNoWriMo, 2011 begins today.Writing
  3. Reducing meetings and influencing people…Work
  4. Why you should care about online activity trackingSocial Business
  5. The etiquette of retweet requests (and how to improve your reach)Social Business · Work
  6. The social stewardship of sharingSocial Business
  7. WordCampPDX, an unconferenceSocial Business · Writing
  8. Lamentations of a wannabe writerWriting
  9. We can be spontaneous… just let us know so we can plan for it.Personal · Photography
  10. The grime…Writing
  11. Catching up…Personal · Photography
  12. A brief jaunt up to Timberline LodgePersonal · Photography
  13. As promised, yard cleanup before and after picturesMiscellany · Personal
  14. Some brief thoughts on Google+Social Business
  15. Some brief thoughts on the Media and our Judicial SystemMiscellany · Personal
  16. A quick trip to SeattleMiscellany
  17. On the value of thought leadershipSocial Business · Work
  18. Been a bit focused recently…3DC
  19. Over on the 3DC blog: A whiskies inspired weekend…3DC · Food and Drink
  20. Musings on social business ROI for support…Social Business · Work
  21. My first photo prints since high school, an Mpix reviewPhotography
  22. A weekend in Vancouver BC, with photos!Food and Drink · Photography
  23. From snapshot to art… an elusive shiftPhotography
  24. A TOAST event, a non-official 3DC tasting3DC · Food and Drink
  25. Warrior Rock Light, OregonPhotography
  26. Whiskies of the World, 20113DC · Food and Drink
  27. I need to blog, but I have nothing to say…3DC · Miscellany · Personal · Writing
  28. Photos from Evergreen and the CoastPersonal · Photography
  29. How to reduce meetings and influence people….Social Business · Work
  30. On the hunt for covered bridgesPersonal · Photography
  31. Can you name the second largest waterfall…Photography
  32. A few pictures of dinner, Feb 14th , 2011Food and Drink
  33. 1960’s Operator’s Headset modification completedMiscellany · Personal
  34. Raz visited for business this week…3DC · Food and Drink
  35. Balance as a photographer and bloggerPhotography · Social Business · Work
  36. Stonehenge and a lesson learnedPhotography
  37. Operator, give me information…Personal · Photography
  38. How very meta…Photography
  39. The epic closet battle of 2011Personal
  40. On personal digital eminence, an asideSocial Business · Work
  41. Blatant self promotionPersonal · Social Business · Work
  42. Rediscovering photographyPhotography
  43. Some weekend treasuresPersonal
  44. Secrets: I fear commitmentPersonal

2010

17 entries
first 01-29 · last 12-14
  1. In which I meet my birth mom…Personal · Writing
  2. Signal boosting for my dadMiscellany · Personal
  3. Vacation ride recap; the truncated edition.Personal
  4. Here’s a scary thought for youFood and Drink · Personal · Writing
  5. The clock keeps tickingMiscellany · Personal
  6. On finding a tattoo artist; the annotated edition.Miscellany · Personal
  7. The linchpin never forgets the funny3DC · Personal · Work · Writing
  8. A brief musing on personal branding versus personal life…Social Business · Work
  9. On discovering and meeting new familyPersonal
  10. Oh, but I have been remiss…Personal
  11. My, what a productive weekend (or two).Personal
  12. How do you change culture? An honest question with no answers, yet…Miscellany · Personal
  13. A short diatribe on Social Media pitfalls and pet peevesSocial Business · Work
  14. Social Media; Who’s doing it right? Forrester? The BBC?Social Business · Work
  15. New Ink: I had an itch, so I scratched it.Miscellany · Personal
  16. On interviews, blogging, and transparent collaborationSocial Business · Work
  17. Odd sense of validation from re-tweets…Miscellany · Social Business

2009

10 entries
first 01-05 · last 12-18
  1. The power of the interwebs on one man’s happinessPersonal · Social Business
  2. Recycling content… or, putting work into practice3DC · Food and Drink · Work
  3. For the love of coffeeFood and Drink
  4. The Great Western roadtrip (or how I learned to stop thinking and love the war)3DC · Personal
  5. The Gospels According to Seamus: The Exiled years (Whiskies of the World, 2009)3DC
  6. And now for something completely different…Personal
  7. It is kinda like my hearse…Personal
  8. A decidedly work centric post…Work
  9. Welcome to America…Personal
  10. The opposite of 20 Questions…Personal

2008

18 entries
first 04-01 · last 12-21
  1. The Great PDX snow-in of 2008Personal
  2. NaNoWriMo Day 26: The finish lineWriting
  3. Write or DIE!Writing
  4. NaNoWrimo Week 3Writing
  5. NaNoWriMo days 10 through 12Writing
  6. Audiophile AmusementsPersonal
  7. NaNoWrimo days 8 and 9Writing
  8. NaNoWriMo day 7… a story begins to unfold.Writing
  9. NaNoWriMo, Day 6… the location and the speed bump of passion.Writing
  10. NaNoWriMo day 5, time to move on…Writing
  11. NaNoWriMo, Day 4 is now behind me…Writing
  12. NaNoWriMo update, day 3.Writing
  13. Reflections on NaNoWrimo, day 1 and 2…Writing
  14. NaNoWriMo…. Am I off my rocker?Writing
  15. Pumkin carving, ’083DC · Personal
  16. A quick review of “LongWay Down”Miscellany
  17. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter the Third. The rise of the 3DC.Miscellany
  18. The 3DC in the round…Miscellany

2007

10 entries
first 09-17 · last 12-10
  1. Raz’s Whisky Barley StewMiscellany
  2. Seamus’ Opinionated Guide to buying Whiskies as Gifts…Miscellany
  3. I’m sorry I missed your call; I was in jail on Saturday.Miscellany
  4. John Glaser of Compass Box Whiskies Featured in Wired MagazineMiscellany
  5. Oregon Whiskeys highlighted in Food & Wine MagazineMiscellany
  6. On Patrol; a Citizen’s story…Miscellany
  7. Announcing the NEW and IMPROVED 3DrunkenCelts.com website!Miscellany
  8. On Absinthe…Miscellany
  9. An eye-opening weekend…Miscellany
  10. A 1797 mile weekend and other related stories…Miscellany

2006

13 entries
first 01-30 · last 10-02

Editor: Keep the early ones?

Author: Never delete. Another run.

  1. A quick write up I just added to the www.3DrunkenCelts.com siteMiscellany
  2. This weekend saw the 3 Drunken Celts become -almost- legitimate.Miscellany
  3. Lenore got her tags yesterday…Miscellany
  4. I posted this to the pro-car forum, but thought it should be here as well.Miscellany
  5. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter 6Miscellany
  6. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter 5Miscellany
  7. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter 4Miscellany
  8. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter 3Miscellany
  9. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter 2Miscellany
  10. The Gospel According to Seamus, Chapter 1Miscellany
  11. Holy crap we may just become legit after all!Miscellany
  12. Lenore is “home”, so to speak…Miscellany
  13. Big news that nearly all of you didn’t expect….Miscellany
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