April 2010
30 posts published in April 2010.
- Question 119 of 365: How can you have everything?I stood where Bill Gates is standing right now. I’m not sure why that matters, but knowing that I was previously in the same space as one of the…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 118 of 365: When can efforts truly dovetail?My grandfather didn’t yell. He never really felt the need. His authoritative voice was so awe-inspiring that trying to do anything against his…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 117 of 365: When should you jump ship?Image via Wikipedia Other people affect us in the strangest ways. Retirement parties are one such example. The rash of these awkward moments in my…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 116 of 365: How much power is in the absurd?Tagging has always been an art form I am a little embarrassed to appreciate. Even before I understood the graffiti in downtown Cleveland, I think…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 115 of 365: When should we build things just to knock them down?Image by unloveablesteve via Flickr Domino Rally required a lot of patience. Setting up the huge amount of dominos in a row without knocking them…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 114 of 365: What will we pay to have simulated?Image via Wikipedia I’m pretty sure it was Hardball 3 that got me through the great Baseball strike of the 94-95 season. Rather it was one…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 113 of 365: Why do we need collaborative email signatures?Image by Gubatron via Flickr I feel more complete when other people come into my space than when I go into theirs. I feel as though they are…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 112 of 365: How do we show up now?Image by Simon Lieschke via Flickr I didn’t miss a class in college. Not the early morning british literature class with the English woman who…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 111 of 365: How hard is it to be born?Image via Wikipedia It is all a matter of perspective. My typical perspective is that it is hard to give birth to something. My wife knows more…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 110 of 365: Can we change from the outside?Image by mpclemens via Flickr Advice is a funny thing. It is often sought, often misheard, often rejected, often obnoxious, and often invaluable.…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 109 of 365: What is your field?A man that I trust and respect once told me that we always go from specific to general in our heads, but we want to go from the general to the…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 108 of 365: Why do we want to be entrepreneurs?Image via Wikipedia The easy answer is that we would like to turn something out of nothing. While many of us are not in the entrepreneurial field,…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 107 of 365: Are we occupying or transforming our idle time?My brothers played hockey. Smelly, cold, and rough and tumble. They had early ice times and late night games. They played from mighty mites on up…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 106 of 365: How can we find unique comfort?Image via Wikipedia I sometimes have a hard time relating to those who have never played bumper pool. While most people don’t come right out and…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 105 of 365: Are we still allowed to be embarrassed?Image by slambo_42 via Flickr You never know if you can fit underneath a metal folding chair until you try. I used to sing really loud just about…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
Create your own real-time SMS to Twitter service!For the past month I have been trying to figure out an elegant way of having an entire audience all tweet to the same account using text messaging…- Question 104 of 365: How far will we dig?Image via Wikipedia My grandmother owned a mountain. Well, maybe not the entire mountain, but in the middle of Ohio, it is about the closest thing…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 103 of 365: Who is watching out for whom?Image via Wikipedia I had never dressed up for Halloween until I became a teacher. It just wasn’t something we did in my family. But, when I…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 102 of 365: Is silence still an option?Image via Wikipedia Study hall was where I honed my skills as a bully. And since I was weaker and less socially adept than almost everyone, my…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 101 of 365: What is the next vanity?Image by Getty Images via Daylife I used to fall asleep in crazy positions. My parents tell this story about me falling asleep with my chest over…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 100 of 365: Why do we crave a streak?Image via Wikipedia I used to have these hall of fame baseball figurines of guys like Honus Wagner that I would play with in my bed. I would have…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 99 of 365: What are we trying to prove?Image via Wikipedia I just had one of the best quiches I have ever tasted. It seemed to be puffed perfectly and filled with the most incredible…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 98 of 365: What will we have time for?Image via Wikipedia I remember a discussion I had with my homeroom teacher in high school that went something like this: Teacher: I used to play…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 97 of 365: What are we willing to work for?Image via Wikipedia I used to tell everyone that I was going to become a teacher. I would tell them that it was the novels that I read in high…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 96 of 365: What's touch got to do with it?My son wouldn’t stop screaming in the Apple store today. I tried to give him crackers and even Vanilla Wafers to try and get him to entertain…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 95 of 365: What do teams solve?Groups seem to be the holy grail of social networks. From Linked-in groups to the new Facebook communities to the millions of people…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 94 of 365: Should we buy and sell our screen real estate?My wife and I sold our first house this weekend. It was the place that both of our children started their lives. It was the first place that we…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 93 of 365: What are our plans for data?I don’t think that I will ever get over the fact that a world of information exists in the air I breathe. I am continually amazed by wifi and 3g…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 92 of 365: What would unicorn taste like?Sometimes, it is really important to consider the impossible, the improbable, and the utterly insane. There is nothing so freeing and beautiful as…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 91 of 365: Is freelancing ever enough?People freelance because they want their freedom. They want to be able to come and go as they please, take an afternoon off or stay at home and…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer