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About Drew Meyers
Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Traveling to Every Country on Earth
Kashi Samaddar has visited every country on earth — all 194 of them. I’m jealous.
“You Are the Change that You Dream”
Congrats to Efren Penaflorida for winning the CNN Hero of the Year.
I Hate Twitter Spam
I really, really, really hate SPAM. Here are my last five @ replies on Twitter: Now, I’m a big fan of Steve Jagger and just discovered Philanthropedia yesterday (and tweeted about it), but the other three? Pure and blatant SPAM. I wonder if Dr Roger Smith (I no-followed that link) even realizes he’s damaging his reputation by engaging in social media in this fashion?
Thanks for the Top Gun T-Shirt!!
Thank you Kris Berg for the awesome Top Gun t-shirt from Kansas City Barbeque!! It’s going to turn into my jammy t-shirt just as your Zillow t-shirt is yours! And of course thanks for suffering through a day hanging out with lame ol me on my last day in San Diego!
A Perspective on How to Get Work Done if Your Job is Social Media
As a result of Brad Coy’s tweet tonight, I just read How to Get Any Work Done (When Connecting Is Your Job). Here’s an an excerpt I particularly agree with: Pick one or two platforms (one of which you should own, like a blog or a great email newsletter). Do your best work for them. If you create remarkable work in just one or two places, others will share your message far and wide. Mediocre work spread out over a dozen sites is mostly wasted effort. Head over and read the whole article, and the comments. But note that I still think leaving breadcrumbs is a good idea; you just need to pick and choose … Continue reading
A Quote from “The Story of B”
I’m reading Daniel Quinn’s The Story of B right now and thought I’d share a quote: …the world will not be saved by people with programs. If the world is saved, it will be saved because the people living in it have a new vision I couldn’t agree more. Real change happens when people really want something to change and take action on their own, not from programs created with the aim of changing people. No matter what programs are in place, people don’t change if they don’t genuinely want to.
