Frank Warren

30 Things I Learned From Blogging Heroes Part 1 — I've finally managed to finished a book I've been spending the last few months reading called "Blogging Heroes" which was authored by Michael A. Banks. The book contains interviews with (at the time of writing) 30 of the world's top bloggers. People such as Joel Comm, Gina Trapani, Frank Warren, Peter Rojas, Robert Scoble, etc. offer their stories on how they have become successful through blogging. This post is the first in a two part series which will highlight 30 things I have learned by reading this book. Dave Taylor 1. Write only when your inspired and write more... [Tags: business aspects, chris anderson, dave taylor, david rothman, frank warren]

Pop!Tech: The Internet as Confessional — If you're at a movie theater, look around for someone sitting alone and wearing a white hat. He or she might be part of a secret community. The community was inspired by PostSecret, a blog where people anonymously mail postcards containing their secrets to Frank Warren, the site's founder. Warren believes the internet can bring people together in new ways and offers the opportunity for anyone to make a positive impact on the world. The white-hat rendezvous grew out of an anonymous postcard on the blog that read, "I take comfort in the darkness of the movie theater, waiting... [Tags: anonymous meetings, camden maine, catharsis, frank warren, hidden selves]

Lifehacker Confessions: The Tips and Tricks I'm Not Using [Friday Fun] — Reading Lifehacker can inspire you to reboot your computer habits, your workflow, your workspace, and even your home life. Believe me, I should know. About a year ago, I was a messy-desked, easily-distracted reporter who relished his lunch-break reading of Lifehacker's RSS feed. I asked to write a few posts, lucked into a real gig, and can now tell the story of my journey to becoming a task-minded guru of getting things done with the right software. That's not a true story, though. Inspired by an appearance by PostSecret founder Frank Warren here in Buffalo last night, I've decided to... [Tags: application launcher, application launchers, bringing down the house, computer habits, confessions]

Caption contest: finally, wasted neck space gets put to good use — Filed under: Cellphones We've seen some creative ways to keep your phone near your face without all the trouble and wasted energy of using your arms, but designer Francesca Lanzavecchia's neck brace concepts might just take the cake. Head mobility always seemed a little overrated to us, anyway.[Via textually.org]Chris: "Trapped in a prison of the future. Betrayed by a woman of his past. Frank Warren is wired to explode."Josh T: "After his surgery for throat cancer, all of Joey's friends agreed his new cigarette storage location was in poor taste."Joseph: "If this photo doesn't scream 'insurance fraud,' I don't know... [Tags: bio filtration, cake head, cellphones, cigarette, department stores]

The N Factor 30 Book Giveaway (Authors @ Mashable) — Continuing our Authors@Mashable series after a great start with Ori Brafman of the New York Times Bestseller Sway and Frank Warren of the award winning blog PostSecret and PostSecret book series, Mashable would like to introduce to you Marion Freijsen and Adrie Reinders’ The N Factor: How Efficient Networking Can Change the Dynamics of Your Business. In 2004, Adrie Reinders, Roeland Reinders and Marion Freijsen started a company called OHM Inc.  OHM focuses on doing business development for technology companies mainly all over the world, leveraging contacts in the Fortune 1500 companies the founders had created over the course... [Tags: academic book, adrie, book giveaway, brafman, contiguous states]

PostSecret’s Frank Warren Live Q & A (Y! Live) — Frank Warren, PostSecret blogger and author of “A Lifetime of Secrets,” is now chatting live on live.yahoo.com/mashable, answering questions and comments. He will also be reading PostSecret postcards that he received this morning. This is the fourth installment of our PostSecret four part series. If you missed the first three be sure to check out Warren’s Personal introduction, post on viral mechanisms, and most recent post on using social media to create positive change. *The video embed below is a live broadcast, but you must log into Mashable’s Y! Live Channel to chat with Warren. ---Related Articles at Mashable! -... [Tags: amp, answering questions, blogger, dmca notice, frank warren]

This is the third of three posts written by Frank Warren of the award winning blog PostSecret and PostSecret book series. You can view Warren’s first Authors@Mashable post here and second here. For more information on Frank Warren and his newest book, ‘A Lifetime of Secrets,’ be sure to visit our Authors@Mashable page. Join Warren for a Yahoo! live Q & A this Tuesday, August 19th at 5PM Eastern. Emerging communication technologies like Blogs, virtual “places,” online chats and other social media are allowing us to have new kinds of conversations. Conversations that can bring people together in the real... [Tags: 5pm, amp, conversations, echoes, emerging communication technologies]

PostSecret Skepticism — I've written about PostSecret previously, and I still am a regular reader. I saw this interesting old post by althouse about PostSecret. Like me, the commentators are generally skeptical of the secrets' authenticity despite the aesthetic success of the publisher's presentation.What is exceptionally interesting about the post is how utterly defensive the publisher, Frank Warren, is when the authenticity is challenged. Personally, I am fairly confident the PostSecret content arrives in Warren's mailbox unsolicited. What is an interesting and convenient circumstance is that because they are secrets, the publisher is obligated to do exactly zero due diligence. He is forced... [Tags: althouse, authenticity, catharsis, circumstance, commentators]

This is the second of three posts written by Frank Warren of the award winning blog PostSecret and PostSecret book series. You can view Warren’s first Authors@Mashable post here. For more information on Frank Warren and his newest book, ‘A Lifetime of Secrets,’ be sure to visit our Authors@Mashable page. Some of what I know about social media comes from experts like Clay Shirky, Tara Hunt and the visionary Kevin Kelly, who I first read decades ago in the Whole Earth Catalog. But most of what I have learned has come from my own mistakes. One of my earliest mistakes... [Tags: animation, clay shirky, decades, environments, failed attempts]

Frank Warren’s Introduction to PostSecret (Authors@Mashable) — This is a guest post written by Frank Warren of the award winning blog PostSecret and PostSecret book series. PostSecret is a community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on homemade postcards. Warren continues to receive hundreds of postcards from around the world daily at www.PostSecret.com. For more information on Frank Warren and his newest book, ‘A Lifetime of Secrets,’ be sure to visit our Authors@Mashable page. This is the first of 3 posts followed by a one-on-one Q&A via Yahoo! Live. Here is the first secret I will share with you. Even though I think of... [Tags: amp, artistic background, automatic notification, clear eyes, community art project]

Continuing our Authors@Mashable series after a great start with Ori Brafman of the New York Times Bestseller Sway, we are shifting gears and introducing our next guest, Frank Warren of the award winning blog PostSecret and PostSecret book series. Warren has compiled four PostSecret books from the artful secrets that arrive in his mailbox every day from strangers. A Lifetime of Secrets, his fourth book in the PostSecret series, will be the topic of conversation for his upcoming posts. “This book is a collection of postcards from people young enough to be in kindergarten to those old enough to... [Tags: brafman, chronological order, dmca notice, everyday lives, frailty]