You Will Know Tech Evangelists by the Trail of Dead
Tags: Marketing | Sacha-ChuaThink not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — Matthew 10:34.
Sacha Chua asks: What does a portfolio for a tech evangelist look like?
I’d say a tech evangelist is in the business of promoting potentially disruptive technologies — indeed, the business of spreading disruption. Thus, a tech evangelist’s portfolio should record the disruption he spreads. Some would call it destruction; so be it. When you show people a better way, those who insist on the old way inevitably get fucked.
A tech evangelist clears a path to the future, cutting down all neo-luddites who dare stand in his way. Like a certain indie rock band, you will know them by the trail of dead.
December 25th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
[...] As someone who’s been blessed with a little Google juice myself, burying clueless Philippine conglomerates in SERPs for trophy keywords without even trying, I just have to say: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Welcome to a world where bullying salesmen and their lawyers are not automatically entitled to rule your media zeitgeist. [...]
December 29th, 2006 at 8:17 am
Business Blogging in 2007…
Ignore the naysayers, Social Media will be the hot topic in 2007. The rush into Web 2.0 will be ugly and fraught with danger for many who are jumping onto the bandwagon without a clear knowledge of what and why they are doing it. But there is hope.
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December 31st, 2006 at 10:00 pm
[...] With twenty million Filipinos going online in 2007, he’s probably right. This is why I’m brutal to n00bs, especially n00bs in Philippine business. The faster they can be educated or eradicated, the faster the Philippines can enter Web 2.0. [...]
February 21st, 2007 at 10:16 pm
[...] as compensation. The battle for survival among the “old media” is already leaving a trail of destruction. Witness some of the recent layoffs and “downsizing”. Managing the transition from [...]
March 19th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
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