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At some point in your career you start asking the question, “what am I doing here?” Maybe you’re not there yet, but trust me, you’ll get to the stage where you wonder if you’re on the right career path, if you should perhaps change direction, or if you can turn that passionate hobby into something that pays the bills. Once you discover it, there are countless books that will help you Get Things Done or cram it all into a 4-Hour Workweek . The problem is, how do you discover what your IT is in the first place? That’s where Scott Wittig ’s Holy IT comes in. Scott is a good friend of mine. We almost launched a company together, discussed our respective careers, and debated the importance of the important things in life. So, trust me when I say, Scott has lived through everything that he shares in his book. With practical steps, case studies, and some humor, Holy IT is the book you should read, if you need to discover your special purpose in life– Steve Martin need not apply . Anyway, Holy IT is about 100 pages long (short?) and will take you less than 4 hours to read. But, once you’ve read it, be warned! It could change your outlook on life! Want a copy? How to enter this contest? Simply leave a comment below and we’ll randomly pick 3 winners (deadline for entry is 6pm ET this Wednesday). That’s all you need to do! And, if you don’t win, you can grab a copy from Amazon.com .

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As we’ve heard before , Facebook is gearing up for yet another redesign. As we saw in leaked screenshots two weeks ago, Facebook is going to start sorting news feeds by Recent Activity and Top News stories (the ones with the most comments or likes). That change is supposed to also reduce load time, and relegates the Publisher box to an “Update Status” button. So the new news in the latest leaks: Mashable has a four-page PDF from Facebook to its advertisers that outlines the changes they’ve made, and why. In addition to the aforementioned changes to the news feed, they’re adding back a lot of the friend activity information that was filtered out after the last redesign. Facebook redesigns are notoriously unpopular . Of course, most people resist change, and it’s tough to please hundreds of millions of people. Other important changes come from the Engagement ads and fan pages. As the PDF for advertisers explains, Facebook is working to help its advertisers receive good placement, so they’re adding fanning, RSVPs for events and virtual gifts to the news feed. (I know, just what you were waiting for.) This will move these events out of the right-hand column, which would also make ads placed there more prominent. FB says that their new pages will increase fan signups: The opportunity to acquire Fans increases with this new home page design. This is due to several reasons including the migration of Fan stories into the center stream, and the increase in “Suggestions” from one to two connections. They’re also premiering new layouts for Groups (and this one has already rolled out). In a blog post Monday, Facebook said that they’re revamping Groups pages to make them more like profiles and fan pages, and to surface more info to make it easier for members to keep up with group activities. You can also sort your news feed to show only stories from your groups (which isn’t a new feature, I believe, just a reminder). In all, this “redesign” is more of a tweak to the last one. While no change will ever be well-received 100% by a group as big as FB’s user base, the “less is more” approach will probably lead to less opposition. What do you think? Will this redesign go over well? Will there be as much protest this time around? Pilgrim’s Partners: SponsoredReviews.com – Bloggers earn cash, Advertisers build buzz!

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Facebook’s Facelift (and Changes for Groups)