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Category: Ideas

  • Twitter Busyness

    This is what happens when everyone looks to Twitter for their news.  We are publishing fools.  What can be so important that we need to tell our followers?

  • Biggest in 18 Years

    That’s right.  Our earthquake yesterday was the biggest in the past 18 years.  There has been so many aftershocks with one just happening around 6:30ish this morning (about 38 minutes ago).  It was a 7. 2 magnitude earthquake.  The USGS was saying that an earthquake of that magnitude had to…

  • Media That Challenges You

    I have been told before to “read books that challenge me.”  I love that challenge; to read things that I won’t necessarily like.  It doesn’t mean – read bad stuff.  It means read things that will challenge my thought process. Have you ever had anyone tell you to “listen to…

  • Social Media Among Teens and Young Adults

    I am reading through the Pew Internet & American Life Project report on social media and how teens and young adults use it.  You can check out the report here, but there are some interesting findings from this report. Both teen and adult use of social networking sites has risen…

  • Social Media News

    We just had a pretty big earthquake and I got a text from my brother asking how we were doing.  He tells me that he saw it on Facebook and wanted to know if we were alright.  Then as I’m checking out facebook and twitter – I see a tweet…

  • Intimacy of a Cup

    It’s not a drink, and this idea has nothing to do with a beverage.  It has everything to do though with connecting with another.  It’s a Henri Nouwen idea – from his book Can You Drink This Cup?  The book focuses on the intimacy that Jesus has with God and…

  • Insider Language Competence

    No matter what you do there is insider language.  It doesn’t matter what industry or field, the individuals involved in it has competency in it.  Most of it is just knowing the language.  Most of it is just knowing the words. Think about it – knowing how to have conversations…

  • Self Professed Expert

    You shouldn’t listen or believe to self-professed experts. But self-professed specialists are fine.

  • An Example of a Cover Telling a Story

    My last post was about judging a book by it’s cover. I was reading through my rss reader and came across a post by Seth Godin – kinda about this idea.  Let’s face it, we get all of our ideas from Seth any way – but Seth doesn’t care.  Thanks…

  • Now You Can Judge a Book By It’s Cover

    I checked the etymology of that word and according to wikipedia.org – it was first used in 1946.  Check out the article here.  My guess is that the books of the 1940’s look differently than they do today.  Today, there is a ton of time spent on the cover of…

  • Supertasker

    Are you a supertasker – check out this study. Most of us think that we are.  Most of you think that you can drive and talk on the phone, and some of us can.  My wife says that I can’t.  Even with a hands free device, people can’t do this. …

  • Life and Questions

    So how do you handle life and questions?  You like that I started with a question? I was thinking about this today.  I was wondering why is it that when we have questions – that we need answers.  Is it a western mindset?  Is it just an American thing?  Is…