Tag: Knowledge

The amateur and the professional

Personal #Professional #Amateur #Communication #Knowledge #Experience #Skills

May 20, 2011 - no comments

What makes you a professional? Or an amateur? I don’t think it’s a black and white thing, but it’s not an analog scale either. To me there are several key elements that discern between being an amateur and being a pro - and I’m not talking about getting paid.

Getting your info

Personal #Skills #Knowledge

Apr 30, 2011 - no comments

I thought there was no one to go to. There was no solution I could see to this specific problem. And there it was: the internet!

The cool thing about the internet is that there is very little you can think of that isn’t already on there. Sometimes that’s funny, sometimes that’s quite disturbing but mostly it’s very handy indeed.

Because no matter how difficult this problem of yours is, or how technically inclined or how rare it is, there is a significant chance that someone, somewhere has had the same problem – and has solved it in some way. The trick is getting there.