I follow a lot of blogs on technology, libraries, librarians and social networking. One of the blogs I follow is the blog of danah boyd. danah boyd is a social media researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society. She is probably the leading [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Inexcusable Twitter Behavior: Why Aren’t We Beyond All of This?
Posted in Leadership, courtesy on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that has a mythical and debatable origin. Not all Americans view Thanksgiving as a joyous, warm and loving holiday to be spent with family. The Pilgrims, Puritans, and Separatists were not all here for religious freedom, though if memory serves, that is what I learned in school. We actually [...]
Karen Armstrong’s Inspired Dream: Charter for Compassion
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize in 2008 she used her wish to call upon the TED community to help her create a Charter for Compassion. Her dream has been realized with the birth of the TED project on November 12, 2009.
It is an interesting endeavor [...]
Notes On The Dark Side: Illuminate the Shadows
Posted in kindness on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The painting above is called Devil Girl and started out as one in a series of paintings I did about my ex’s alter egos; but, the further I got into it I realized I was painting a self portrait: My own alter ego. I use this self portrait frequently as my online avatar. It is [...]
