It's great to see likemind getting a mention in The New York Times this weekend.  I love that we down here in Perth are part of something much larger than our city, or country.  This really rang true for me:  

These workers need new ways to connect, said Ethan Watters, who studied young urban professionals in his book, “Urban Tribes.” They live far from their families, he said, and work in highly fluid industries where co-workers change continuously. Unlike professionals from an earlier generation, they marry later and have weak ties to organized religious or community groups.

The full article can be found here.

Likemind October 2008

Another wonderful Likemind morning was held on Friday at Tiger Tiger in the city.  If you would like to attend the next coffee morning you will find all the details at the Likemind site.  All are welcome.

So, what do you do again?

Literary essayist George Steiner once put it this way: Had a buggy whip manufacturer in 1910 rethought things and concluded that rather than being in the buggy whip business he was instead in the business of creating “transportation starting devices,” he just might have been able to survive.

I found this quote via the wonderful Lynette on her tumbr: Interesting Snippets.  For me it really resonated.  I guess it's what we folk try to do on a day-to-day basis.

Don't fall into the buggy-whip mentality:  USA Today

Being friendly with Don Draper

I have been so impressed with Mad Men's use of Twitter that I am going to write about the good and bad experiences I have had with companies and promotions via this medium.  Stay tuned.