Judas? Not quite Lest I be confused with non-web 2.0 enthusiast or, worse, proclaimed contrarian to the very type of forum where I’m contributing by this writing, let me offer a blatant caveat right up front here: I’m a web 2.0 advocate and believer, a regular social computing junkie, and generally optimistic guy. I useRead… Read more »
Hi All, I haven’t blogged for awhile now due to my workload that I have had, so now that I have a few minutes to spare I thought I better get back into it (as I enjoy sharing my thoughts and ideas). So, without further ado my blog this week is about employees who proposeRead… Read more »
1. Climate Science and Public Policy (Part 1): New Challenges in a Web 2.0 World In the first of two presentations (February 18), Rod Dobell and Justin Longo will discuss the flow of results from climate science into the formation of public policy in light of three new developments that alter the context for publicRead… Read more »
A while ago I wrote a blog about random acts of kindess. I’d kind of forgotton all about it, until I watched the movie “Evan Almighty” recently. One message of the film is about changing the world, one random act of kindness at a time. Hearing Morgan Freeman say those words got me thinking: howRead… Read more »
Is it too late, or do we have time to reshape thought, mind, body and spirit to the requirements of this, our time here? For convenience, we feed on fats and grease and extruded loaves of sugar. Left with a diet of sugar and grains devoid of nutrients we get of all things, fat! WeRead… Read more »
Words make all the difference. It is not the progress that is feared, it is the change. Small changes are less feared than large changes. So, if less small progress (and less fear,) more small changes. More less small progress. Finding the right words; to keep trying combinations until the lock opens: The more lessRead… Read more »
Two things of opposite natures seem to depend On one another, as a man depends On a woman, day on night, the imagined On the real. This is the origin of change. Winter and spring, cold copulars, embrace And forth the particulars of rapture come. Wallace Stevens
From the Change.gov website: Apply for a Job This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration. President-Elect Obama will make appointments throughout the federal government. Some positions will require Senate confirmation while others will not. Some appointments will be made during the transitionRead… Read more »
Today is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, an occasion in and of itself worthy of reflection. But with all that’s going on in our country right now, Gandhi’s message is of special import. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Good words to live by, and very much like the Golden Rule – treatRead… Read more »