The topic of search engines came up during a recent conversation with Tony Karrer. I told him I use Google some (Google News is actually my browser start page), but that I’ve set the default in the Firefox search engine list to GoodSearch. “Why use something other than Google?”, he asked. “When do you use [...]
Tagged 100 conversations, fundraising, GoodSearch, Google, non-profit, T&TIn a recent post I asked if you, as an individual, have a coach. My question for today: Do you, as a leader of an organization, have a coach for your team(s)? If you don’t have a separate position for a coach, do you act as the coach for your team? Or do you just [...]
Tagged coach, Gladwell, learning, sports, teamIt may be true that “video killed the radio star” back in the early ’80s, but it looks like video games are coming the rescue here in the late ’00s. From the AP story Boom in music video games helps original artists: Artists from Nirvana to the Red Hot Chili Peppers have seen sales of [...]
Tagged Music, video gamesAll too often I see people focusing on their own personal weaknesses or shortcomings. Worse still, many parents do the same thing with their kids and many employers with their employees. I’ve often wondered why this is, why the focus on negativity when we, and the people around us, all have such incredible strengths to [...]
Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, autism, obsession, passion, strengthAfter 10 days on Twitter I have 31 followers, am following 19, and have posted 74 updates. As one of his 100 conversations, Tony Karrer is interested to know how I use twitter for personal learning. I’m not sure I’m to the point where I’m doing any real learning through twitter yet, but here are [...]
Tagged 100 conversations, TwitterLike many others, I gave myself a 50 book challenge for 2008. (Actually my personal challenge went from 1 Dec 07 to 30 Nov 08, but that’s a minor detail.) Unfortunately, I only got through 40 books in the past 12 months (though some were as long as several books); fortunately, most of those 40 [...]
Tagged Books, fiction, practice, Stephenson, theoryTony Karrer recently asked for recommendations of books for learning professionals (see #38 of his 100 Conversation Topics.) There are many good books in this category, but for the purposes of this conversation I have 4 recommendations. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael Gelb. Mastery: The [...]
Tagged 100 conversations, Aikido, Books, da Vinci, learningIn November 2007, security consultant Bruce Schneier wrote an article for Wired.com entitled The War on the Unexpected, which he opened with the following paragraph: We’ve opened up a new front on the war on terror. It’s an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it’s a war on different. If you act different, [...]
Tagged acceptance, autism, awareness, disability rights, law enforcement, Security, terrorismI have a feeling that the question of work/life balance is going to be a consistent theme here, I know it is in my life. In this video, Chris Brogan tells us of the importance of both work AND play. Even if you love your work, are passionate about it, and are giving it your [...]
Tagged Balance, Life, WorkI wrote my recent post Take Me As I Am with a specific, and intentional, slant towards autism and autistic individuals. However, the feelings expressed are not limited to those with autism, as any young teenage rebel can attest. In Generation Y in the Workplace Explained, guest poster Teresa Wu gives a Gen Y perspective [...]
Tagged Boomer, Gen X, Gen Y, Social Media, transparency
