March 2010
32 posts published in March 2010.
- Question 90 of 365: How can we stop creating knowledge pyramid schemes?Image via Wikipedia I’m in over my head. I claim to know more than I do. I’m standing on the shoulders of giants, and I don’t even know their…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 89 of 365: What's on the table?Image by oskay via Flickr In discussions about change, the expectation is that some things are negotiable and others are not. There is a kind of…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 88 of 365: What are we worth?We are never so crass as to boil down a person to a dollar amount. To do that would be to establish the idea that a person could be purchased,…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 87 of 365: What looks like planning (but isn't)?In many ways, the working world around me is in a shambles. People have left or are leaving, transitions and uncertainty abound. I hear daily that…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 86 of 365: What is on the internet?I remember looking at the TV guide when I was a kid. I used to take it out of the Sunday paper and put it into the remote basked after I looked at…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 85 of 365: How can Guerrilla ads make themselves?In general, advertising is incredibly derivative. Promotion forever copies the next new thing in the hopes of creating buzz or catching the latest…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 84 of 365: Should we want to be darlings?Image by ciaranj75 via Flickr I realize that it is often a very specific push that gets you on your way. The folks doing that pushing are ussually…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 83 of 365: What does it mean to be device free?Image via Wikipedia We are dependent upon our computers for our livelihoods and our entertainment. We are dependent upon our cell phones for…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 82 of 365: Who should we have in our buildings?I enjoy talking about space a whole lot. It doesn’t matter whether it is online or physical, the concept intrigues me to no end. I could debate…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 81 of 365: What can we reverse engineer?I would love to be able to talk about the reverse engineering of DVD encryption or iPhone firmware intelligently, but mostly I would be quoting…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 80 of 365: How can we ask for radical use?Image via Wikipedia “Use as directed” is a command that is losing all of its value*. I use almost everything for multiple purposes now. My garbage…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 79 of 365: How do you monitor your periphery?I do a decent job of staying in touch with my friends and co-workers. I answer e-mail, IM or Skype, call, and even occasionally talk to them in…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 78 of 365: Should your brand be a person?The is no lack of branding going on in the twittersphere or on any of the social networks that have built huge organization promotion services…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 77 of 365: How can we make the new seem normal?Very few objects are special to me. They exist in my life because they are of use, but they are replaceable in a huge way. Even my cross pen, the…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 76 of 365: How can we demonstrate progress?Image via Wikipedia My daughter has decided to start screaming every time she goes into her room for a nap or bedtime. It isn’t that she doesn’t…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 75 of 365: What are the new Triple Dog Dares?Image by abbey*christine via Flickr I’m sure that A Christmas Story has been formative for many just as it was for me. I’m also sure that many…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 74 of 365: What do we do with another notch in the belt?Image by Flyinace2000 via Flickr I turn one year older today. And as my brother’s fiance kept telling me, all of the special birthdays are gone.…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 73 of 365: What is the magic of a barcode?Image via Wikipedia The barcode is back. While many are looking forward to Augmented Reality and to RFID chips as the way in which we will start…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 72 of 365: Who is special?My first elementary school principal would tell us once a day (and expect us to yell it out with her) that “You are Special.” It was a kind of…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 71 of 365: What is a better organizing force, passion or values?Image via Wikipedia I have created my communities wrong. Or at least, I have done it while ignoring a huge element of what makes a great community…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 70 of 365: How far will serious take us?Image via Wikipedia When I look at what goes viral, what memes consist of, or even what I happen to click on within my twitter stream; there is…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 69 of 365: Why is action such a surprise?I have had a number of conversations recently that have resulted in someone saying that they were surprised that things were getting done. They…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 68 of 365: What does it mean to be a breadwinner?Image via Wikipedia While I do not particularly like the designation or the baggage that goes along with it, being a breadwinner is something that…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 67 of 365: Why is time theft so seductive, and in many cases, productive?I am a time thief. I take away time from my current employer in order to work on things that are not in my job description. I will admit that…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 66 of 365: What kind of relationships do our communities require?I have a daughter and a son. My wife is my best friend. I live in the suburbs. Whether these are cliches or not, they are the truth that I live…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Open Letter on Behalf of the National Writing Project (cross posted)This post is cross-posted here and was written by Mr. Chase. The Gist: The current draft of the federal budget cuts direct funding for the…
- Question 65 of 365: How do we get there from here?As much as I try to get excited about of the journey, there is still a really big part of me that just wants to arrive. The point A to B stuff…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 64 of 365: How can we be for ourselves and for an entity at the same time?I have realized that an idea can’t grow if I don’t let it stand on its own. I have figured out that I cannot be the idea. If people are going to…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 63 of 365: Can we create passionate and purposeful Serendipity?I don’t know all of the things that are going on in the world, nor do I really want to know all of them. I am content to know that there are good…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 62 of 365: Why does waiting matter?In so much of what I write and think about, I am interested in what is instant and what I can will into being. I am so interested in creating what…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 61 of 365: How do we make renewal more accessible?Sometimes, making a single change to a long held practice will completely renew your interest and commitment to that practice. One of those times…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 60 of 365: Who should be our partners?Not all collaboration is equal. There are the types of collaboration that require that I do a first draft and then everyone hangs ideas off of it…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer