by Whitney | Oct 25, 2012 | blogging, books, education, Uncategorized
The Impact Equation is a new book by two of my friends, Julien Smith and Chris Brogan. I’ve purchased 10 copies myself to give away here, so if you are interested in a copy, please read on for details. Chris and Julien have spent a lot of time meeting people...
by Whitney | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
How much of politics is about Branding? Before getting into this, let’s talk about the influence of brands in our lives. One of my favorite quotes from Ze Frank defines a Brand as “The emotional aftertaste after a set of experiences.” Whether...
by Whitney | Aug 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
This post is a bit more philosophical than most, and probably reflects watching too much political commentary this week. I will get back to our usual topics tomorrow. One of the things I learned while writing my book on differentiated instruction was that there are...
by Whitney | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have a friend who regularly has what I call decision paralysis or “paralysis by analysis”. Some people call this The Hamlet Syndrome, where you spend more time wonder “To be, or not to be” than actually doing something about it. Seth Godin...
by Whitney | Jul 16, 2012 | business, community, Uncategorized
The more I listen to the news lately and think about the big problems we face, the more and more it seems the basic trouble starts with differentiating the macro problems and the micro problems. In the most banal example, if something goes wrong with an appliance in...
by Whitney | Jun 11, 2012 | community, personal, Uncategorized
Car hits tree. Ouch Originally uploaded by I Bird 2 It’s being reported that Commerce Secretary John Bryson got into two car accidents after suffering seizures while driving in California. While I expect there will be significant amounts of political hay people...
