How To Help with Book Launch (Today)
Thanks for even thinking of helping out with launching my next book. What many don’t know is marketing is…
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The 7 things authors do before book launch day
Authors lead odd lives. Most of what people know of us we control through blog posts and books. Behind…
Does your charity want pants? (Seattle)
Sept. 17th is launch day for my book The Year Without Pants. I’m throwing a launch party, and I’d…
The Year Without Pants: Official Movie Trailer
I think you folks will like this, and it’s definitely worth watching thru to the last shot. If you…
Book Tour Schedule 2013 (Year Without Pants)
Here is the current speaking schedule for The Year Without Pants. Note: this is changing quickly and the further…
Free chapter: The Year Without Pants
Hi there. I’m proud to share with you today a free chapter for The Year Without Pants. The official…
Labor day: facts on the future and present of work
16 days from now my fifth book, The Year Without Pants, launches, and I’m posting daily till that happens.…
I’m posting daily until YWP launches
(and I’ll explain why)
I’ve been waiting 3 years for The Year Without Pants to launch and I can’t wait any longer. For…
Sept 17th: Official Launch for The Year Without Pants (details)
Hi folks. We’re getting close. Tuesday September 17th will be the official launch date for my 5th book, The…
You Pick The Ad for My Book (Get a signed copy of The Year Without Pants)
The fine folks at Jossey-Bass are working on some web ads for The Year Without Pants. We’ve narrowed it…
The Year Without Pants: The Movie
For every book I do something different for PR and marketing. For The Year Without Pants (pre-order now), it’s…
Don’t Be Precious (with your ideas)
[This a chapter from The Dance of The Possible: the mostly honest, completely irreverent, guide to creativity] Three magic…
How to survive and thrive with multiple stakeholders
Each week I take the top voted question from readers and answer it (submit yours here). With 40 votes, this week’s…
Why do we accept bad systems?
Each week I take the top voted question from readers and answer it. With 45 votes, this week’s winner was “Why…
Scoble’s review of The Year Without Pants
The official launch date for The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of work is September 10th, but early…
Facts and Myths about Remote work
While working on The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work (An Amazon.com best book of 2013), I’ve…
Why I’m making a film about Seattle
I’ve made my living as a writer in part because of of where I live. The city of Seattle…
Advice on visiting Tokyo for first time?
Later this year I’ll be visiting Tokyo for the first time. I’ve always wanted to go to Japan and…
Should your book be a memoir or fiction?
Here’s a common question about writing memoirs from the mailbag: I just read a novel I loved and was…
Thoughts on Death to Bullshit & Information Overload
I recently watched Brad Frost’s interesting talk Death To Bullshit (slides). He takes strong positions about information overload and…