Theme for 2012: Compassion, composure, and flow
Kate Carruthers Each year, instead of making new year resolutions, I pick a theme for the year. That way when I get sidetracked (as often happens) I can simply return to the…
cake and cats – why not? #caturday #cakeday
Recently Jason Jordan called me on my limited ways of thinking. ARE YOU SUGGESTING IT CANNOT BE BOTH? RT @kcarruthers: @jasonjordan but. but. it’s already Caturday. #cakeday — Jason Jordan…
2012: Not the end of the world, but perhaps the end of the world as we know it
As we come up to the year 2012 many prognosticators are predicting the end of the world. I suspect that this will not come to pass. But I do think…
Worth thinking about: Seven social sins (not about social media) | via M. Gandhi
No, I’m not talking about social media. This is about real life. And I think that Gandhi summed up a lot of what the #Occupy movement is on about in…
Kittehs and ice skating – adorableness multiplied
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0WQ7_xlTt8&w=420&h=315
GOLD! The academic linguistics of LOLspeak
HT to @jim_croft and thanks to Boing Boing. BTW this bears out my notion that Why LOLcats are important. I can has language play: Construction of Language and Identity in…
A tech revolution that changes the way we organize work & the danger of digital serfdom
The old style company, that is the company circa 1880-2000, had firm boundaries and fixed hierarchies in order to function efficiently. But with the advent of digital technology and the…
Freedom is important even for beagles – check out this poignant video
This video is from the Beagle Freedom Project who describe their mission: “Beagle Freedom Project began in December 2010 when Shannon Keith received information that beagles who were used for…
Leadership, personality traits, and success: Do nice guys really finish last?
I came across an article in Wired Science by Jonah Lehrer titled Do Nice Guys Finish Last?. It had plenty to get me thinking. Apparently: “… levels of ‘agreeableness’ are…