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Holy Crap, Facebook Is Addictive

by on September 25, 2007 in Media

Or it could just be that I’m easily enamored by the latest new cool thing. I’m not sure whether this infatuation with Facebook will go the long haul, but it’s already giving me some clues that I might just be liking it for a while to come. Why?

Reason #1: Because I’ve actually found some old high school friends who I haven’t seen or talked to in ages. It’s a treat to find out how they’re doing and share their life’s journey. There’s practically no way I would have been able to find them and catch up without FB, particularly since I’m 1500 miles from my former hometown.

Reason #2: A lot of my other social networking apps work with it…namely, Shelfari, Twitter, and Delicious. It’s neat to get all of my online hangouts merged into one place where my buds can see them, too. Heck, there are even some new ones like Where I’ve Been and iLike.

Reason #3: It beats the pants off of LinkedIn as a way to build professional contacts. As so many others have noted, LinkedIn is static and boring in the way a one-trick pony is. With Facebook, I have a much greater opportunity to build both personal and professional relationships that have actual meaning. I can related to what my contacts actually like, what they’re reading and watching, what places they’ve visited, and so on.

If you’re interested in connecting through Facebook, visit my profile page and add me to your friends.

The Return Of The Alchemy Of Soulful Work

by on September 4, 2007 in Media

You’ll notice that I’m subtly reintegrating The Alchemy of Soulful Work into Bailey WorkPlay. I never really meant to sweep it aside, but somewhere over the course of the past year I did. Here’s how I see this playing out…

Bailey WorkPlay right now is a project, the foundation for my work and professional identity. It is and will be the home for writings, speaking gigs, coaching, and other business ideas that I continue to hold on to. It symbolizes all the exciting possibilities for what’s next.

The Alchemy of Soulful Work is the blog. Once upon a time, someone suggested that it could also be the title of a book…hmmm. It feels right to bring it back as an ideal to re-engage our thinking of what work can be. Let’s take just a little of that magic that the ancient alchemists pursued and change our perspective of work from a mundane J-O-B to something more meaningful and soulfully satisfying.

WorkPlay Update: August 20 2007

by on August 20, 2007 in Media

One thing that I sometimes struggle with here at WorkPlay is the direction of my writings. I’ll be honest, I’d really like to have more traffic roll through and some of that can be accomplished by me (metaphorically) stepping out my front door and building better relationships with fellow thinkers and bloggers. I’ve allowed my more introverted side to come through online and that’s changing. I only have to look at Phil Gerbyshak for a great model of how its done. To that end, I’ve been trying to be a more frequent commenter throughout the blogosphere. And here on WorkPlay, I’ve brought back a blogroll to the front page and inserted a MyBlogLog widget. All you RSS feed readers, click here and see how it all looks.

I also fully understand that attracting more readers and commenters is a result of writing great content and therein lies a bit of my quandary. As I attempt to approach my blogging from a new angle, I find the type of content that really drives traffic is the more applied, bulleted how-to lists – the type of posts that start off “Top 10 Ways to…” These are great and I love them myself. And yet they’re somewhat limiting when it comes to pitching big picture, reality-shifting ideas for redesigning the work experience. The simple answer is to do both except that I’m far more comfortable with the latter. However, I’ll try to bring a balance to the WorkPlay content.

As always, thanks to all you readers out there. If there’s something here that excites you or pisses you off, come and join the dialogue. It’s all welcome here.

New Work Redesigned Pagecast On PageFlakes

by on August 13, 2007 in Media

In terms of having an internet start page, I’ve been around the block a time or two. For the longest time, I used Google Personalized Page, then tried working briefly with Netvibes, only to return to Google when they recently incorporated all the widget functionality. Yet I was unsatisfied and found my eye wandering to PageFlakes. While it does have its comparative downsides, it more than makes up for it in quick performance and some pretty slick features. One thing that I really like is the easy creation and integration of Pagecasts. I’ve created a Pagecast called Work Redesigned.

If you’re not already set up with a PageFlakes page, go ahead and register…it takes just a minute. Then you’re ready to add the Work Redesigned Pagecast.

Step 1
Click on the large asterisk in the upper right corner (it’s orangy-yellow in the screenshot above). This opens the admin menu where you can select flakes, find Pagecasts, and edit your profile.

Step 2
In the left menu of admin area, select the option for Pagecasts. You’ll see some of the featured Pagecasts and you can click the button for Browse All Pagecasts.

Step 3
The easiest way to get the Work Redesigned Pagecast is to use the search feature. Type in ‘Work Redesigned’ and and then View Pagecast.

Step 4
In the top navigation bar, you should see an option called Watch this Pagecast. Click this option and it will add the Work Redesigned tab to your own PageFlakes page.

You’re finished. Now you can get your daily fill of some of the best thinking on how we can improve the work experience for ourselves and others.

Contents of Version 1 include:
Brazen Careerist
Career Hub
The Chief Happiness Officer
CareerJournal.com
Managing with Aloha Coaching
Interactions – Creative Strategies for Business
The Future of Work
Water Cooler Wisdom
The Occupational Adventure
The Servant Leadership Blog
Creative Careers Unleashed
Oh, and of course it includes WorkPlay

Sharing WorkPlay Goodness

by on July 12, 2007 in Media

Yesterday, I was the beneficiary of some StumbleUpon sharing goodness (thanks, uriel1998 in Dayton, OH). Yet, it occurred to me that when I transitioned to the new design I didn’t include an easy way to share WorkPlay across the major social media spots. You’ll now see a ‘Share This’ icon in the info portion of each post.

Some other WorkPlay site news…
I added a ratings function that allows readers to rate each post on a 1 to 5 star scale.

I’m in the process of opening up a blogroll/reads listing again. It’s been one of those sorely missing parts of the site and an important way of sharing some linklove.

Happy Thursday…more to come.