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Category: Ideas

  • The Psychology of a Geek

    Psychology; Noun 1 : the science of mind and behavior 2 a : the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group b : the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity 3 : a theory or system of psychology <Freudian psychology> <the psychology…

  • Social Media and Volcanoes

    Do a search for this.  The ash from the Icelandic volcano has over taken Europe.  Many of the airports in Europe have closed. People that are stranded in Europe are using social media to catch rides and find people that will help them.  There are facebook groups and hash tags that are…

  • Universities Ban the iPad

    You can google it to get the full story.  Here’s the one article that I looked at.   The are universities that are banning it because of some IT issues.  What is it with IT departments?  Of course it’s Apple’s fault – I’m sure Apple will fix that soon enough.…

  • Last Name Identity

    I know it’s quite a simple concept and your last name is your identity.  What I want to focus on though is the fact that when you talk about elementary school through high school – when you refer to a friend from those years, you refer to them with their…

  • Jesus Would Have Tweeted

    Jesus was pretty amazing in building relationships and creating community.  He could gather a crowd of people that wanted to sit at his feet and hear what he had to say.  Jesus had important things to say.  He gave sermons at the mount and spoke to the winds and the…

  • The Stuff You Make Up

    Even the stuff that you make up says something about you.  It could be total fiction, but the ideas come from your mind and your heart.  Even the stuff that you make up finds it’s reality in who you are.  It comes from very real things – things that you…

  • Reality Show About You

    If you were to film a reality show about you, what aspect of your life would you film?  I mean reality shows film pretty much everything about someone’s life, but they film from a certain perspective.  So if a reality show was filmed about you – what would the angle…

  • Sound Like an Academic

    I read this in an article at the Chronicle for Higher Education website.  Here is the article if you want read it. I just have to post one paragraph from the article.  I couldn’t believe it when I read it.  If you want to sound like an academic – just…

  • Social Media in the Newsroom

    Watching the news drives me crazy – well, maybe not the whole time, but typically when they have those news stories that are the filler stories.  You know – dancing cats or lasagna recipes – that’s not news. What drives me even more bonkers is when the news uses social…

  • Gaming Curfew

    Have you seen it in the news?  In Korea, there is a government sanctioned gaming curfew.  Gaming is a serious problem there.  Minors will not be able to game after midnight.  If you want to read about it – google it in the news. What I want to talk about…

  • Write With Your Heart

    I have talked to some of you about creating content and starting a blog.  The conversation typically starts in same way.  By asking questions: Who’s going to read this?  Why would anyone read my stuff?  Who’s going to care about this?  These are all normal questions for someone starting a…

  • Where is Your Limit?

    I had a professor who had this philosophy.  He would push us (and he was quite good at it), and he wouldn’t stop until he figured out where the edge was.  Sometimes, he would push people over and he would have to ask for forgiveness.  Now, when you’re in the…