Posted by seofrancois on Jun 14 2010 in Conferences
I'm speaking at SMX Paris 2010. I'm actually giving a presentation in 3 different sessions:
Architecturer un Site - june 15th, 12:00
Un design web optimisé pour les moteurs de recherche - june 15th, 15:30
Contenu dupliqué et tag "canonical" - june 16th 11:30
I am pretty excited for this is the first time SMX comes to Paris... I'm also eager to meet the French SEO scene and see what they have to say about the poor state of search in France...
There has been this awesome study in the late sixties about how 4 year olds would resist temptation and delay gratification. What's really awesome about it is that the researchers later found out there was a correlation between their ability to delay gratification and their later success in life.
One quick and entertaining way to grok that study is to watch this short TED video:
If you read through it you will learn that one secret to resit temptation, delay gratification and reach higher goals is to stop thinking about the gratification and focus on something else. Better yet, it seems actually possible to train your mind to do just that...
I guess one immediate reality check for you out there is: can you delay playing X-Box or watching Lost in favor of finishing this new project today? In other words D.I.F.N? I know I can... but that's only because I have no X-Box and I don't like Lost... It was a whole different story at the times I was hooked on Boston Legal... ;)
Posted by seofrancois on Apr 17 2010 in Outsourcing
If you saw my presentation at SES or CAC about outsourcing on oDesk, you may also be interested in this interview of the CEO of oDesk. At the very least it should give you an idea of how strong that whole trend is developing...