To Instigate: to goad or urge forward I like it when people add their voices to the constant online conversation. I love it when people bring out the voice of others. I got a chance to hang out with a few of the InnoNet alternatives in Minneapolis. They’re a small nonprofit shop with only a […]
Richard Feynman: What I cannot create, I do not understand
I didn't really know anything about Richard Feynman before seeing some of his stuff on Brain Pickings and Open Culture. He is one interesting alternative. The quote in the cartoon below comes from his blackboard at the time of his death. Feynman didn't start his explanations from the null. He didn't take past discovery for […]
Is the Google doodle a boy’s club?
Is it ok that the vast majority of individual Google doodles celebrate the accomplishments of men? Google, a company that prides itself as being an alternative, reminds us that sexist historical viewpoints are still the null. So what are the facts? Ann Martin has been gathering and compiling evidence on her blog since November of […]
The tension at the beginning of every evaluation
This cartoon is a tension attacker. It’s not designed to judge. It’s designed to spark. If you’re on the program side, you have to believe the program works. If it didn’t, why are you committing so much of yourself. You likely have your own evidence to support that notion. From the evaluation side, you need […]
Ok Seth Godin, I’m going to tell a story
If you read enough Seth Godin, he starts to wear you down (or build you up?). At first you just listen and wonder how this guy became so famous. Then after he simply lays out point after point you start to figure him out. It’s not any single post, book, or talk. It’s the consistency […]
Saturday PSA: Upload a picture
A few ways to get a picture to put in your online profiles… Use a smart phone Webcam on your computer Draw one Snag one from Facebook (right click, save as) Digital camera Ask someone who has a smart phone to take one for you Find a person who kinda looks like you