FWIW “What We Hath Wrought” is incorrect grammar. It “hath” is archaic for “has” and goes with “he”, “she” or “it” (“What He Hath Wrought”). If “we” is the subject, it needs to be “What We Have Wrought.”

I hope all is well in FM land.

Yes, I’m happy to copy-edit or help with your book, too–I’ve done that a lot in the past.

Roger-ex-FM

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Harding,+George

Confession: I figured it out, because that’s the name of the jpg.

I’m a librarian by training and education. Needless to say, I find this interesting. Let me know if you’d like to talk to me about it.

I wake up at 4:30am typically and like to read/write/comment for at least 2 hours as part of my daily routine that sets my thinking for the rest of the day. I work best from a place with few distractions, casual interaction, and a place nearby to walk. I delight in personal relationships built around meaningful work. These are my basic needs.

I want this job for selfish reasons. I plan to develop broad businesses (in time) that address the future about which you will be writing. I want to be in the center of that, while developing ideas and relationships with the right people. So, working with you on this book would be a great opportunity.

I learned to write at boarding school and Millsaps (a liberal arts college in the South). I’m conscious of my communication, and do my best to tailor it towards my audience. I did this with papers I wrote, I do this with my comments on Disqus (check them out, URL above), and developed many presentations for work where I did this as well. I don’t break down complicated issues into digestible bits; I obsess over finding the one, two, or three points from which everything unfolds. Finding the right questions is often the bulk of my work, next is how I bring back what I’ve found to the audience. I find leading an audience down a path towards their own discoveries is more important than dictating the correct answers, which can stifle thought and imagination. I search for the points from which everything unfolds based on my experience, but also draw from my deep affections for Tolstoy, Rand, Emerson, Drucker, and Larry Bossidy.

I’m happy to be your Write-hand. Here is what I propose:

1) For the first three months, Learn how you prefer to work, and get acquainted with the project.

2) When you ask about a transcription software, I’ll follow up with contextual questions, an iteration of the discussion after some research, and if necessary some hands on observations of you while working. When you ask me to find everyone who has cited Edmond Burkes on topics related to this project, I hope you don’t mind me starting out with “Who the hell is Edmond Burke, and what made you think of him?” Give me a little context, and I’ll figure out the rest. I can pick you up a bookshelf. I can research bookmark applications. And I can treasure your notes.

3) Transition to ongoing weekly meetings and phone calls after three months to continue discussions on improving productivity, short term and long term goals, milestones, specific tasks, etc.

4) Set up quarterly roundtable discussions such as:

“Critical figures to this project”… At this roundtable we’d likely invite some 5 – 7 of your acquaintances to discuss and debate critical “people” across the globe that understand or are experiencing the shift going on and have great insight to it (political leaders, businessmen, thought leaders). The result would be a 360 degree view of each of these critical figures to determine which should be engaged in the project.

“Choosing the right ideas”… At this roundtable, we’d likely invite some 3-4 critical people to understand and debate today’s market, the defining trends, the critical issues, central figures, and what it means for the future. The result would be a more dynamic understanding of the fundamental ideas the book is addressing.

“First draft review”… At this roundtable, we’d likely have 4 -5 people, likely be writers, editors, etc., to discuss the arrangement of the content, the clarity of the message, the power of the message, the emotional draw of the message, etc. The result would be a greater understanding of how the draft is communicated before finishing the book.

In closing, I’m fascinated with your work. I read “Signal, Curation, Discovery” at the end of last year, and have since then built a first draft design of a social application that addresses “people discovery” in a fresh light. I’m fascinated with “people discovery”, and you planted that seed with the clarity of your post. What you said in that post continues to unfold (even now with Google +). You hit the nail on the head. To be at the center of this book would have great personal significance for me, because I want to build that future.

Robert Thuston

Would love to discuss in the written word or verbally, the details of your project. I have a passion for language and communication that I leverage at every opportunity. Began writing in third grade as an avid fan of Harriot the Spy and everything she represented. I even switched from peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches to tomato and mayonnaise in her honor (and to stop some of the teasing at my new school). I have journals dating back to that time and up to now.
Love fascinating and complicated topics on every subject and enjoy unraveling the many layers of metaphor to share deeper meaning with others. Insatiably curious with an eclectic suite of interests that leave no stone unturned.
Try me.