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2010 - a year of explorations

At this time of year, I always take time to reflect. Not on specifics, necessarily, but on themes. Certain themes follow me through the months, years and decades of my life. Some themes are just beginning, some are chronic. I suspect my "terminal" themes will continue to dog me as long as I reflect... more »

My Future in Education

I have a new job. A full-time, back-into-the-corporate-world new job. And I’m very excited about it.
When I was young, and I imagined my life’s trajectory, I always saw myself teaching once I hit my 50’s. Which surprised me… since I had no plans to become an educator. But today I’m getting... more »

Pushing to publish

This post isn’t exactly ‘publish or perish,’ but it is definitely born of a push to publish. It’s been weeks since my last confession here. I’m hoping an explanatory post will help those who’ve:

Been awaiting a response to an overdue email from me
Gotten used to a certain rhythm of... more »

Amplifying Your Message

Have a look at what the Obama team has done from a media perspective to amplify Obama’s speech (thanks Huffington Post!):
“Eager to spread the president’s message as widely as possible, the tech-savvy White House orchestrated a live Webcast of the speech on the White House site; remarks... more »

Epic #Fail: Blog Censorship

There’s a kerfuffle brewing about censorship at eMusic over on TechDirt, which covered a very stupid move by eMusic - editing people’s comments on their blog post.
“We just wrote about the PR nightmare facing eMusic for announcing both a price increase and its first major record label signing... more »

All ATwitter, Media Rushes In

What does the business media think about Twitter? Three stories will help you understand.
A Deep Dive into Twitter
1) Time Magazine’s cover article “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live” starts out with one of the best first lines I’ve ever read about Twitter:
“The one thing you can say... more »