It’s Gonna be one of those posts…..
As many of you know, I’ve been involved in local politics seriously since 2014. I became a local democratic zone leader in 2022. It’s been a big job, but it’s largely akin to running the PTO, but with more far-ranging consequences. You’ve got planning for events, wrangling volunteers, and keeping…
Guide to Gift Giving
It’s close to Christmas, and as we finish up our shopping, it’s worth reflecting on the purpose of gifts in the first place. I read an article this am about how millenial parents are frustrated that their Boomer parents are showering their kids with useless stuff that just ends up…
FFS
We’re living in interesting times. The lead candidate for the republican nomination for presidency just wants everyone to give up and anoint him their candidate now, despite finally starting to face the consequences of years of fraud and treating the legal system as a cudgel to use against anyone he…
AI is Going to Change Everything
Working in digital marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what it can and should be used for is all the rage right now. If you want to understand AI better, the best source is really Chris Penn– who has an excellent set of videos and regularly explains what’s happening in AI…
Podcamp 2023
A small group of us, die hards from Podcamp Philly and Podcamp East, came together this past weekend for Podcamp 2023 in Philadelphia. There were amazing sessions talking about how AI and Chat GPT will pose challenges to those of us who are involved in digital marketing, or looking to…
Glad to Leave Office? I get it.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is getting into trouble because he spoke his truth, saying he’s looking forward to a time when he’s not mayor. As someone who was a Township Supervisor for 6 years, I understand this sentiment perhaps as much as anyone. Being a local elected official may look…
Almost 80 Best Movies of the 80’s
Rolling Stone just put out a post of the 100 best movies of the 1980’s- and there are a lot of obscure movies that as a teenager/college student during the 80’s I never heard of. As a child of divorced parents, I spent a ridiculous amount of time at the…
Losing but not Lost
I lost my bid for re-election as a Township Supervisor. Elections are like the world’s longest job interview. I knocked 946 doors, speaking with friends and neighbors; sending mail out to people about what I stood for, and what I believed. I chose not to attack my opponent, even though…
Running for Office
I am a local Township Supervisor in Pennsylvania, running for re-election this year. Supervisor is a part-time position, and comes with a statutory stipend of $2,500.00 a year. that equates to about $5.20 or less an hour of meeting time, and other work we put in to help guide the…
Dementia
My mother-in-law has dementia. She had been pretty good at hiding her slow cognitive decline for a long time, but gradually, not even those of us who would have preferred to be in denial could avoid the truth. We needed to move Nancy out of her home and into a…
Why You Should Care About Attention
My kids have ADHD. I have ADHD. Having a background in developmental biology, I've been fascinated to learn how this whole attention thing works, and how you can manipulate attention in yourself and others. I think the reasons are obvious- if your attention is jumpy,...
Sanitized Learning
In the past few months, I've become increasingly interested in experimentation. I've also become increasingly alarmed at the lack of this sort of experience for kids these days. It started with hearing Gary Stager talk about how multi-age learning groups were...
Gratitude
I got a great phone call this morning from Ken Davis, who attended a presentation I made at AGS University in Wilmington recently. He called to tell me that all the stuff I talked about regarding social networking has really helped him- he started making connections...
6 Degrees of Podcamp
Chris Brogan recently has blogged about things like "cafe shaped conversations" and a bit today about Dunbar's Number. I think the points about intimacy of friendships and the people we know who extend our networks by their own, powerful networks of some of the best...
Notice to Brands: Small Things Mean Alot
Tide CleanStart truck in Waterloo Iowa helping with the flood Originally uploaded by devries_publicrelations I was looking around the web for resources to try to redesign my laundry room, and I found the Tide "Loads of Hope" site. Tide has a big truck and goes around...
25 Things Meme- 25 Things About Me
A few friends, including Chris Penn and the great Chris Hambly a.k.a. the Don of the Social Media Mafia (tounge firmly in cheek) have tagged me with this meme- the intent is to lst 25 things about yourself. Here's my list- you can also find it over in the notes...
Weaving Ideas Together for the Future
Information Superhighway Originally uploaded by nickwheeleroz I've been reading a lot of different sorts of books lately, ranging from business books to fiction and several in between. I've been skipping between them, in part because they each get me thinking about...
ROI of Your Brain
Many times my husband will ask me whether or not the things I am choosing to do are focused or not. He sees some of my projects and interests as being distractors from the core mission. I often think he is right, but other times, the core mission is not just one...
Rethinking Conferences
I got an email talking about a big "post-telecomm" conference happening in about a month. It's one of those $1,500-$2,000 type conferences, on a subject I'm interested in and think I could learn a lot from, but it's not exactly my niche. As a result, it's not a...
The Economy, Layoffs, and Perspective
I keep on hearing about all the companies announcing layoffs, and then some cumulative numbers, but I found I was having a hard time wrapping my mind about what this means, really. So I started to take apart the numbers- just those at the bigger companies, really, and...
Whitney Hoffman
Hi There! I’m Whitney Hoffman. I currently work for Mingl Marketing and Comfort Media Group in Philadelphia, PA
