The following is an older post that got lost a while back when the servers at my hosting company crashed. I’m starting to selectively restore some of those old posts whenever it makes sense. What is spurring me to get this one restored right now is that it focuses on futurist friend and colleague David Houle. David is a shining example of someone who really saw the potential for launching a whole new career using the tools of the social Web – along with a lot of hard work – and that is what he has set about doing over the past few years. Recently, he has been invited to blog over on Oprah.com. I encourage you to check out his posts over there and also to read on for a brief review of his book, The Shift Age. Here’s the original post: