The Advantages of Small

by | Nov 11, 2007 | Uncategorized

I attended two conferences this past weekend. One was the CHADD annual meeting, and the other was Podcamp EDU. Both had an educational focus. Both had impressive speakers. Both had topics that could be seen both as narrowly focused and broad subjet areas- ADHD in...

Being Less than Perfect

by | Nov 10, 2007 | Uncategorized

I had one of those awful days recently where everything seems to go awry, to the point where you just start laughing because it becomes simply absurd at how opposite of good things have gone. It started out with some frustrations about construction we have going on in...

Quiet Time

by | Nov 9, 2007 | Uncategorized

I’m spending the night alone in a hotel room for the first time in quite a while, so I can be ready to attend a conference first thing in the morning. It is quiet. I have sole command over the remote control. (There’s still nothing on worth seeing…)...

Silence Can Be Damaging

by | Nov 8, 2007 | Uncategorized

I just got out of the car, having heard a segment on NPR’s Morning Edition about their Story Corp project.  One woman spoke about how she ended up telling a story in the booth that surprised even her, and it was about coming to terms with the fact her brother...