January 2011
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Information and Access to It = Power
The last few months, the global community has watched as political culture and the law have dramatically attempted to play catchup with technology and its place in our individual lives on both a day-to-day basis, as well as in the lives we share as a world collective.
Information has always equaled power, but we now live in a time where the Internet has allowed for the passage of knowledge...
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Other options for RSS readers?
The great wonders of RSS readers have allowed many of us to completely circumvent the process of having to go to an actual website and/or blog to get our news—regardless of whether or not it’s “professional” journalism, online blogging, or just an expert in the field of whatever trips our fancy at one single, solitary given moment.
A good handful of what I read ends up inspiring...
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Technology is awesome... or not?
I have a love-hate relationship with technology. On one hand, it fascinates me to no end. I’m endlessly amazed at the way in which it can bring strangers together for positive ends—whether it’s via Couchsurfing or Twitter or Crowdrise. I love the fact that something awful can happen in the lives of one of my volunteers at the studio and within minutes, via email, everyone can be...
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Technology Killed the Engaged Listening Star
Okay… I am playing off a certain song by The Buggles. Seriously, however, technology has most certainly made us the most passive information consumers—we don’t even necessarily have to be awake to receive it by our “I-can-do-everything” tracks-everything, super-mega, hyper-cool communication devices. We’re tuned in, turned on, and connected twenty-four hours a day,...
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Fissunix ~ “Wonderwall You Know (Alone...
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The 80:20 Ratio: At the Yoga Studio
Sometimes really great, beautiful things come in teeny, tiny little packages… like reminders of the good in people.
It’s terribly easy to become jaded and forget that most people have heart and that most people have the best of intentions—even if the end result isn’t exactly positive. I spend a ridiculous amount of time working at the yoga studio and it’s sometimes not...