Swing for the Fences

Last year, my New year’s Resolutions were about getting over fear.  If there’s one thing I learned over the past year, it was to take some chances, and not dismiss the crazy idea too easily.  Here’s an example of what I did, and the results: 1. Wrote...

Stories as Learning

My good friend, Chris Brogan, had an interesting blog post today that developed into a discussion about learning, and how learning was taking place in social media. This sparked several ideas in my head, and I felt I needed to write a post rather than just submit...

The Vernacular of New Media

The more I meet new people on the web, the more things I find we all have in common. There are some variations on the theme, but here are a list of ten “keystones” we seem to have in common: 1. We’ve read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by...

Everything Old is New Again

I was brought up in a family where basic, solid, and perhaps boring and cliche values were front and center. Yet, these core values about integrity, honesty, reliability, and so forth have served me well, and continue to make a difference in my life every day.  They...