Change Your Music, Change Your Mind
Ever notice that the only happy people at the airport are the ones with iPods? Recently, I was at O'Hare, waiting to board a flight home to Denver. The flight was delayed by two hours, which meant I would be...
Spreading Gratitude Through Twitter and Blogs
I'm still trying to figure out how I want to use Twitter, a micro-blogging service that's getting press and becoming more mainstream. One of the fun uses: organizing a conversation around a specific topic, with a bunch of people you...
Tribes
I just finished the book, Tribes, by Seth Godin. It's a quick read with lots of stories to illustrate the finer points of leadership and community-building. Here's just one nugget that resonated with me, on the Anatomy of a Movement:...
Oprah and A Whole New Mind
I was happy to see that Dan Pink is still talking about A Whole New Mind, most recently with Oprah on her Soul Series webcast. While I've seen Pink speak several times and have interviewed him twice, I'm always interested...
Gratefulness in Full Color
Here's a video that I really love, sent to me by a friend. I hope you love it as much as I do. Many thanks to Marissa for helping me figure out how to embed a YouTube video in a...
See a Kindle in Your City
In Fast Company magazine, Robert Scoble reports on the use of passionate early adopters to broaden the base of consumers for technology, including teens introducing their parents to Facebook. Scoble also talks about a "See a Kindle in Your City...
How Dreams Mix With Real Life
I dreamt that I had a conversation with Barry Meyer. I hadn’t seen him in years. His face looked just like I remembered it—boyish and bright, hair combed neatly. I noticed that he had grown. I felt short, looking up...
Thanksgiving Day, 2008
Photo by clarity Yes, it's Turkey Day in the U.S. Or if you are like my vegetarian neighbors, it's Tofurkey Day (tofu in the shape fo a turkey.) Between watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and baking a few things to...