Editing Blog and Book--Improving Quality as a Process

Much of the day was invested in editing the blog book--and finding edits to make to the blog itself.  As I organize the posts into chapters of related themes and entries, I also find spelling errors, broken links, or omissions where I forgot to complete a thought.

Quality improvement is a process and this one is coming to the forefront because of the need to edit the book.  At the end of the process, both book and blog will be much improved.

As I edit, I revisit the thoughts behind the entries and make new decisions regarding themes and chapters.  The three chapters I worked on today each have about thirty-five pages.  I'll have to decide on the order for the chapters as I have more ready.  At present, it looks as though I'll have about sixteen chapters.

What's amazing is that this book is "already written."  Changing the format will be a definite improvement.

Quality Movies--Then and Now

I was asked to rank quality movies today from a broad selection of movies, many of which were classics from the 1940s and 1950s--usually available from Turner Classic Movies.  I was amazed at how many of the "classic" films I consider to be of better quality than newer films.

Avatar is a new movie with new technology and may be in a different category from The Bishop's Wife.  Both are high quality movies, though of very different genres.

Finding Quality Professional Connections around the world--LinkedIn Social Networking

I need to find quality professional connections around the world.  Looking to social networking for a solution, LinkedIn.com seems to be a very good solution.  There are millions of people connected via the site.  Many of the discussion groups put me in touch with professionals in the areas I am looking for.  Alumni networks put me in touch with professionals who share a corporate history with me from the global workplace.

LinkedIn offered me the opportunity to start my own discussion groups.  I created three to gather together people interested in three different projects I am currently working on.  I've just dissolved one of these groups due to apparent lack of interest (at the moment) and have sent an announcment to members of the Audio eBooks for Learning to see if people want that group to continue.  My newest group is DrM-Language-Network so that people who choose to work with me on my latest project, making affordable online language learning programs available to learners throughout the world, can join with me to share ideas and to celebrate sucesses.

I've joined several pre-existing LinkedIn discussion groups so that I can invite people to work with me or to refer me to others who may want to be involved in my current project(s).  Some of these people have also joined my "primary" LinkedIn network.

Many of the people who are already in my primary LinkedIn network are the type of professionals I enjoy working with.  LinkedIn is one place to find quality professional connections.  Presently this seems to be the most direct and effective means, though I am open to learning about more.