Monthly Archives: April 2004

WHY ARE OUR STORIES ALWAYS ABOUT STRUGGLE?

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Take a look at the categories of movies in the video store, or the categories of fiction in the book store, and you’ll discover that the vast majority of stories in our culture are about struggle, about conflict between ‘good’ … Continue reading →

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SALON BLOG DIRECTORY UPDATE – APR.10/04

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Dave Pollard

I have just updated the full Directory of Active Salon Blogs. You can download it in Excel format by clicking on the link at the top of the right sidebar just below my e-mail link. It contains current information on … Continue reading →

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THE SALON BLOG SILLY EASTER EGG HUNT

Posted on April 9, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Here’s a silly publicity stunt I dreamed up to motivate people to check out more of the wonderful Salon Blogs. Last night I ‘hid’ 10 eggs, like the one at left, one in each of 10 selected Salon Bloggers’ comments … Continue reading →

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GIVING BACK

Posted on April 8, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Thanks to Torontonian AllSeasons for providing this simple list: Peanut Butter Canned Fish Baby Formula Mac & Cheese Cereal & Bread Soup Pasta & Sauce Rice Fruits & Vegetables It’s the list of suggested items on the brown paper bag … Continue reading →

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CENTRALIZE/DECENTRALIZE

Posted on April 7, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Live long enough, they say, and you’ll see everything. Last evening Judith Meskill brought to my attention this post in CIO magazine describing The Decentralization Imperative. In it, writer Sue Bushell critiques a new book by MIT management theorist Thomas … Continue reading →

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CAMERA’S ROLLING

Posted on April 6, 2004 by Dave Pollard

If you’re patient, I think I’m now ready to test videoconferencing using AOL IM, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger. I picked up the webcam on the weekend and configured it for these three services. My addresses are: AOL – DaveLPollard … Continue reading →

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WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

Posted on April 6, 2004 by Dave Pollard

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. Someone should tell the agriculture industry, especially in Canada, which appears incapable of learning anything. It has only been five years since scientists confirmed the link between BSE (‘Mad Cow’ … Continue reading →

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HOW WE LEARN, AND WHY WE DON’T

Posted on April 5, 2004 by Dave Pollard

When you spend a decade working in Knowledge Management, you can’t help thinking a lot about how people learn. The book that first helped me understand the learning process was Nancy Dixon‘s The Organizational Learning Cycle. Nancy was writing about … Continue reading →

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YOUR LAW

Posted on April 4, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Each year the Edge Foundation asks a big question, and a lot of people try to answer it. This year, in response to Newton’s Laws, Murphy’s Law, and Burke’s Law, the question is “What is Your Law?” Here is a … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING AND PERSONALITY CHANGE

Posted on April 3, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Yesterday I was checking my referrer log and came across a weblog called PTypes, which rates famous people, and bloggers, by personality type, and also draws linkages between three well-known personality typing schemas. I have commented before that the majority … Continue reading →

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