Last year I tried out a few online dating sites and partnership services. It was partially successful and very illuminating. I think, in some cases there is a difference between what is best for paying members and what is best for the income of the service providers, and in those cases, the service providers seem to think of themselves first.
There is an old saying that if you do not play, you cannot win, which is true. But on the other hand, it does make a huge difference at which table you sit down to play and who your fellow players are. I would not go into a monastery to find a woman, nor would I visit a retirement home. And no matter how many good tips I get from a swimming teacher, I would not try to learn swimming from one who keeps the water temperature at 4°C.
If I ever wanted to make money this way, here are some rules I would adhere to: Read more…
Ah, self-promotion But I have just seen that my Createspace Version of “Organizing Creativity” is now available at Amazon.com. Nice. It’s a strange feeling to hold a book in your hand with an ISBN and see it available at the largest online book store … okay, it’s self-publishing, it’s vanity press, but to honest, doing it this way relieved a lot of pressure I felt — I maintain that this was I book I had to write.
A recommendation of “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body” by Courtney Martin lead me to the website Fora.TV, which I now included in my list of interesting presentation sites. Besides iTunes U, YouTube Edu, and Academic Earth it’s the fourth site I have come to love so far (not counting interesting presentation series that are shown on different sites online, like the TEDtalks, Authors@Google, etc.). However, watching a part of the “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters” presentation (a book lecture), I couldn’t help noticing that the Google Ad which was displayed was perhaps not … suitable:
(Ad is in German, Translation: 100% money back guarantee, up to 16 Kg in 4 weeks, Order Now — and it pretty much looks like a weight loss ad)
If you want to see the book lecture, it is on Fora.tv or a highlight selection embedded here:
But I have just seen that my 