SO my friend Liza tagged me with the following:
Find the nearest book.
Name the author & title.
Turn to page 123.
Post sentences 6-8.
Tag three more people.
Here’s what turned up:
Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s Naked Conversations. "He advises those who will listen: "If a blogger has enough passion, the blog becomes the central place on the Internet for that topic. Companies understand the importance of Google but they don’t yet get how blogging fits in. If the corporation doesn’t do this for themselves, then someone else will."
I’m reading the book because a client suggested it; I’m usually more fiction/politics but I have to admit it’s pretty interesting. Scoble is a big friend of BlogHer. He was at last year’s convention.
And I tag Liz, Ronnie and Cooper. Post here or on your own blog.
I liked Naked Conversations! Scoble and Israel are mostly talking to corporate bloggers, IMO, but a lot of their ideas and points translate.
What fun!
OK, I just picked up the closest book on my desk.
The Surprising Power of Family Meals
by Miriam Weinstein
From the book:
“When she clicks off the skills her sons learned in the kitchen, she includes math, chemistry, a sense of responsibility, learning to follow directions, and learning to work as a team. For her older son especially, who was seven when the project started, cooking became linked with foreign people and lands. He started to ask, ‘what culture are we cooking tonight?’ And she is sure that confidence he learned through his cooking helped him through some difficult patches at school. Fredericks notes that, for boys especially, talking can be easier when they are doing something.”