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Category: Ideas

  • Belief in meaningful work

    I watched another Malcolm Gladwell talk on youtube – here’s the link.. It deals with passion and not genius. You can be a genius and be really smart, but if you have passion – if you have belief in meaningful work, you can accomplish some great things. I think if…

  • Confront the notion of the Platonic dish

    Have you ever heard of Malcolm Gladwell? You might have read one of his books. He is a brilliant story teller and a pretty good journalist/writer. I recently listened to one of his talks from TED.com – another brilliant site that you need to know about. Check out my profile…

  • Kevin Smith

    I had dinner with Kevin Smith – not the Kevin Smith from DC Talk, not Kevin Smith that is Silent Bob. Just Kevin Smith – a music director that I had in college. I have not seen him in 13 years, but I have used and reused many of the…

  • Stars

    San Diego is such a beautiful place to live. They don’t call it America’s finest city for nothing. It has earned the reputation for being so. It also costs a bit more do live in America’s finest city. Last night, in North Carolina – we sat out in my friend…

  • Kiva Community Lending Teams

    I just posted about kiva, but I had to share this as well. On kiva.org, they have community lending teams. You can either start a team or partner with others of like mind and lend as a team. I found it quite interesting that the largest team is the Atheists,…

  • Become a Lender

    These days, it’s so easy to become a lender. I’m not rich, but today with opportunities provided by kiva.org, I can lend money to an entrepreneur in another country through different microfinance institutions. It’s pretty easy. It’s pretty fun too – reading the stories about entrepreneurs that need money. Not…

  • The People You Go to School With

    Today was a great day. We woke up in Raleigh, NC. Stayed with a friend from college. Drove up to Richmond, VA to have lunch with a friend from high school. Continued driving up to Baltimore, MD, and we are staying with a friend from graduate school. I was able…

  • Ignore Everyone

    Hugh MacLeod wrote a book called Ignore Everyone. You can check his stuff out at www.gapingvoid.com

  • Teaching Adults

    There’s nothing that intimidates me more than teaching adult learners – teaching students that are 10-15-20 years my senior. It doesn’t matter that I have a degree or 2 more than they do, they’re older. I’m not sure if it’s the Asian in me that just has this super healthy…

  • Great Ideas

    What makes an idea a great idea? Does it matter that others think that it’s a great idea? Or does it only matter that you think it’s a great idea? What’s the difference between a good idea and a great idea? I do know that an idea that isn’t shared…

  • Thinking about what to write

    I was trying to think about what I should write about. In fact, I have been thinking about it for 2 days. I actually have something to write about, but I wanted to write about thinking about writing. I don’t “need” something to write about. I don’t need to write…

  • Former Students

    I got a great message from a former student tonight. It got me thinking – when does a former student become a friend? Do all my former students become friends at some point? What makes a former student a friend? I’m sure some current students might read this post and…