…If you remember the old six degrees phenomena, anyone is 6 hops or less away from you. In the age of email and social software, I bet it’s more like 4 hops or less (Margret was 2 hops away). If there’s a lesson for other webloggers here, it’s this: if there’s something you’ve always wanted to ask one of your idols or you have an idea for an interview you’d like to see, there’s nothing stopping you from tracking the right person down and getting the answers you wanted. I urge you to give it a try someday.

A Whole Lotta Nothing: Don’t just read the news, make it: 12/8/04

Truer words have never been spoken. These past few weeks I have reached out and have gotten terrific advice and feedback on all sorts of different things. Be brave folks. The only thing you have to fear is a little rejection right?

Thanks to Bill for sending this along. I’ve really taken this to heart.