June 14th, 2008

Insanely Interested Links: Where To Find Me Online

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The image in this post would really belong to my next post, but I thought that I’d share it with you now to give you a sneak preview of what’s coming up. So, early next week we’ll be talking about green lights.

But before that I want to post a collection of insanely interesting links: some new and exciting stuff I have been working on lately, and a few great posts from the blogosphere.

The Internet is such a big place.

And I have lost pieces of me scattered all over it.

In some places, like this blog, you’ll find bigger parts of my online body. And at some other locations some tinier bits of me.

The Internet is a big place, so I thought I’d give you some coordinates for finding more of me than just this blog. Come and say hi!

Hear me think

  1. JarkkoLaine.com: My main blog talks about being insanely interested in everything: curiosity, the entrepreneurial mindset, business, learning, maintaining your big picture, and reaching towards your dreams. You are reading that blog right now - which is already a sign of my dreams coming true!
  2. Learning Judo (Maximum efficiency, minimum effort): The companion tumblelog for this blog. Actually, I started the tumblelog before this blog, so if you are interested in reading some of my oldest writings, scroll all the way to the beginning of the blog.
  3. Retrocod:r: The latest addition to my blog empire is kind of a tumblelog running on WordPress - with some more original content than a traditional tumblelog. This blog tries to bring the fun back to programming by looking back at the times when we were all kids on a field trip to understanding how to command a computer.
  4. SproutWire: SproutWire is not really a blog, but a place for finding interesting links about small business and entrepreneurship. It’s a project from Shane and Peter, and I am just one of the proud contributors.

Talk to me

What’s great about the Internet is that it’s not a one way medium. When you read a blog post that makes you think - either agreeing or disagreeing - you can talk back to the writer. You can tell what sites you like using StumbleUpon or Digg. You can send e-mail.

And then there is the whole new world of social media where people can share thoughts in a still much more interactive way making new friends and keeping in touch with old ones. If you haven’t tried these sites yet, give them a shot:

  1. Plurk: Plurk is the new kid on the blog. With only thousands of users it’s still slick (and hopefully remains that way in the coming months and years as well). The communication at Plurk is lively and the UI is really nice, so it has quickly become my favorite stop on the web. Check it out and leave a note, if you dare. It’s addicting, you know!
  2. Twitter: I signed up to Twitter already a long time ago, but never really got started with it. But when I got excited about Plurk, Twitter followed. So, if you are a Twitter user rather than a Plurker, you can follow me on Twitter too!

That’s it pretty much - for now. (Oh well, I could just as well mention Flickr and StumbleUpon too)

What about you, where are you surfing? Share your links in the comments so we can follow each other!

Insanely interesting links

And now, before we go and enjoy the weekend away from the computers, here are some of the most interesting links from the past few weeks:

  1. It Doesn’t Have to Be All or Nothing With a Startup: David from 37signals writes about starting your business and how you can do it will even a small time investment.
  2. Why the Law of Attraction is Wrong - But Why It Still Works: Leo Babauta writes his thoughts about the now famous law of attraction, and I couldn’t agree more.
  3. Happiness and the End of the Working Week: I actually linked to this post already this week, but it’s such a great take on the popular problem of not being happy at work that I think it’s worth sharing again.
  4. 27 Reasons People Aren’t Listening to You: There is one thing that is quite special about Scott Ginsberg: he never writes bad posts (although he writes a lot of them). This one is no exception.
  5. A Rookie Entrepreneur Looks Back at Lessons Learned During Year One: Mark Hayward shares the lessons learned during his first year of running a business at the Caribbean. Inspiring stuff!
  6. DIY Internet Marketing - let’s play like adult! Internet marketing is a hot topic for me, as you have seen from my Make Money Online Challenge posts. Terence Chang has some good advice.

As always, feel free to share your top links in the comments. If, because of the links, the comment gets eaten by my spam filter and doesn’t show up, just send me a quick e-mail and I’ll make your comment show up!

Photo by grendelkhan

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