Florence Foster Jenkins Florence Foster Jenkins was a singer in the early 1900's who "became famous for her complete lack of rhythm, pitch, tone, and overall singing ability." What's interesting about Florence, is that she seemed to have no clue that she had no talent. Florence makes me wonder. It's easy to listen to her… Read More
Except for the Super Bowl, I never show much interest in TV commercials. But last week two new spots from Kaplan University got my attention. I don't know enough about Kaplan to know if they can deliver on these messages. What I do know is that these messages are on the right track. Education must… Read More
My son told me he hated poetry. I showed him this. He wanted to show his teacher but YouTube is blocked at school. That’s too bad. It was a poem he liked!… Read More
It’s always colder than I think it will be – even when I look at the forecast. My first stop is Ryman (don’t ask me why – I’m just addicted to office supplies). My second stop is Boots to stock up on all the pain relievers that I can’t get over the counter in the… Read More
A friend and I were talking today about the skills we’ve had to developed to work effectively in virtual teams. Remember when a conference call was a free for all and no one knew when to talk and when to be quiet? Remember when the only way you knew if someone on a call had… Read More
Are these bad words? Conflict Power Discriminate Manipulate Are words ever bad? Have any more candidates for the list?… Read More
Highlights from three of the sessions I attended today at the Web 2.0 Expo: User-Generated Censorship Annalee Newitz, wrote an article in Wired, I Bought Votes on Digg, to illustrate how people can manipulate social networks. In today’s session, she contrasted the wisdom of crowds with their potential destructive nature. Annalee went through several sites… Read More
It seems like writing is just like most things, the more you do it, the easier it is to do. The less you do it, the harder it is to get started, to be consistent, and to feel as though you have anything to say. …and the more likely you are to be redundant!… Read More