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Red Zone/Green Zone

Baghdad (International) Green Zone by James Gordon Does this sound familiar? Jane works for a company that is fairly successful. The product it produces is beer and has moved from being a local favor ....... read more
Sun,
28 Sep 2008
Incentives: the good, bad and the unfortunately necessary

I know I need to approach this topic with kid gloves because there are many of you out there that either perform good deeds entirely selflessly or many of those that truly believe that you do. I used ....... read more
Fri,
29 Aug 2008
You can?t eat Whuffie (but it?s getting harder to eat without it)

The last couple of times Ive come across the border to apply for my TN1 Visa (NAFTA Visa between Canada and US), the border officers have Googled me. And, to my surprise, have actually told me that ....... read more
Tue,
05 Aug 2008
Living Life Online: pitfalls and perks

I spent most of a rare beautiful Saturday afraid to leave my house because I knew that the August edition of San Francisco Magazine was on the stands. I knew that if I left my house, I needed to stop ....... read more
Mon,
28 Jul 2008
The Dark Knight and Darker Questions

This is not a review of the movie I just saw. And I promise not to give much away. However, seeing The Dark Knight tonight has got me thinking about some stuff and Im actually inspired to write more ....... read more
Fri,
18 Jul 2008
My Favourite TED Talks

Earlier this week, BoingBoing reported on the top viewed TED Talks. These are all great talks and many of them make my top 10 list, but many of my favourites are missing from it. Many I think are real ....... read more
Fri,
27 Jun 2008
Why the World Needs Heroes and Where They Are

&or maybe it should be why I need heroes… Im not talking about the television series, although I do heart it very much. But I was watching the finale and waxing to myself why I do love it so mu ....... read more
Tue,
04 Dec 2007
Risk, Decisions and Consequences

As a teenager, I continuously made really bad short term decisions that ended up hurting me in the long term. Often I would tell a lie, that would need to be compounded by an additional lie, which wou ....... read more
Sat,
01 Dec 2007
What Trait do Teenagers and Facebook Share?

An inability to see the long-term consequences of their bad short-term decisions:
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Sat,
01 Dec 2007
My Seriously Serendipitous Life

So, weve talked alot about Accelerating Serendipity and how many of the things we do or participate in (twitter, dopplr, flickr, coworking, barcamp, etc) is all about creating more opportunities for ....... read more
Thu,
29 Nov 2007
A Company is the Sum of its People

Thanks so much to my friend, Jay Fichialos, now on Ma.gnolia and sending me awesome links like this one that say things like: &the one thing I have been able to extract as the core and essential prin ....... read more
Tue,
27 Nov 2007
Dear World of Marketing?

You probably dont know who I am, but I am one of your customers (and a marketer as well, but thats beside the point, Im a customer first). I am writing you in regards to the fact that you are missi ....... read more
Thu,
08 Nov 2007
Limbic Hi-Jacking and Other Fabulous Ways to Spread Mass Panic

On Sunday night, Chris and I returned from an awesome gathering of super smart peeps in Oaxaca, where we discussed many random things and wonders. One of the cool things we discussed (amongst many) w ....... read more
Tue,
30 Oct 2007