As far as I can tell, it is one of the only truly respectable and meaningful things I have done with my life. Not that it is worthy of respect on its own, but rather that it means something to everyone. Whether holding good or bad memories, hopeful or unfortunate …
Some slow, some fast: we are all going somewhere different in the same vehicle. Posted via email from The Throughput
An institution will be known by its use of social media. They will be seen through the lens of every contributor in their ranks. They will either be well represented or incredibly absent, nothing in between. The identities of every Facebook and Twitter user will build into an army of …
Image via CrunchBase Over the past week, something strange has been happening on Digg. Ever since they changed over to a new format for the website and a different submission process, an absolute torrent of users have decided that this site no longer has their best interests in mind. Whether …
The greatest accomplishments of my life have been evolutionary. I went to college after high school. I got married after college. I had children after getting married. I was hired in a district role after working in a school. There is nothing revolutionary about any of those moves. They were …
Image by JOE MARINARO via Flickr The New Belgium Brewing Company has only been around for 19 years. Every employee owns part of the company after the first year of work. You get a bicycle too. After 5 years, they send you to Belgium and relive the founder’s inspiring trek through …
Image via Wikipedia U is for unicycle. I know because a toy told me. My daughter asked me about the validity of that statement. She wanted to know about unicycles. She couldn’t quite understand why someone would want want to ride on a means of conveyance that looked like that. More than …
It is my 6th wedding anniversary. Every year, my wife and I make a list of all of the memorable things that have happened since our last anniversary. It sounds hokey, and I guess it is a bit. We sit down after our meal on the night of our anniversary …
Those who have slides at their workplaces. It can be outside or in between floors of a building, but having a slide is required. Posted via email from The Throughput
I just got the message today that I am now able to call domestic phone numbers from gmail. In one fell swoop, Google has become my default phone service. I can use my computer to call any cell phone or land line for free over the web. It essentially has …