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New Different Better and Change

To get something new, different, or better — one must change. To stay the same and be wowed by everything changing around us, that is not wise. To stay the same and to be unwise, that alienates. To alienate, that yields corresponding results. How are you going to make change happen and learn to enjoy [...]

I’m full of ideas. Now, let’s change things.

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die I’m reading Made to Stick. The timing is excellent….

Food for Thought

TEDxNextGenerationAsheville – Birke Baehr – “What’s Wrong With Our Food System” HT: my friend Carrie who shared it on Facebook

Are we truly free?

I had to pause this video about half way through because I could not stop crying. Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery Are we truly free?

information overload

It’s always time to simplify. We need to make information simple. We need to listen and organize and purge. We need to be patient with those around us who adapt at different rates. We need to revisit our approach. I just watched this “Web 2.0″ video again.  It is information overload.  Yet, it also is [...]

The Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade

From: The Webby Awards – The Webby Top 10 HT: Awards honor top 10 Internet moments of the decade Also, (note from me, not the quote below) this same decade was the one where SharePoint took off! The Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade Craigslist expands outside San Francisco (2000) In 2000, the free classifieds site [...]

What are you doing with your life puzzle?

Barry Atkinson is spending time and energy on one of his passions.  I’m helping him with his blog and getting that puzzle piece situated.  Mostly, I’m watching the picture take shape!  It will be fun to watch this story unfold.  See ScoreboardEh.com for some hockey cards from Candada, eh! P.S. awesome ways to start 004

John Wooden on true success

John Wooden on true success This man is wise.  Here’s his bio.

getSTEM

Here’s a nice article about getSTEM, a project that my employer and a number of my coworkers are supporting.  There is talk of this having a much broader reach.  I think the whole concept is really exciting, to bring together needs with resources that can help.  I’m also pretty proud of my teammates who do a [...]

more geek stuff

UPDATE: 12/14/2008: Another big change…  This blog got rebranded…  Now, it’s TechProfound. Guess what?!  It’ll all just work… Here’s a quick note to mention a bit of a change happening here on Tweblog.com.  I’m going to start posting more geek stuff and more work related things.  With my new job (Stay tuned for more on that [...]

leadership

As I venture through new challenges in life, I am constantly aware of the leadership that is around me, that I am following and I am even aware of people who look at me for leadership.  Leaders are human and make mistakes.  That has often been one thing that has endeared me to the leaders that I am following…  Great [...]

remembering

9/11/2001

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