Monthly Archives: August 2007

Sixty Seconds With…You (The Personal Elevator Pitch)

Photo of my own shadow on a hallway wall. I‘ve described elevator pitches before — they’re summaries of an idea, a concept or a proposal, in layperson’s terms, that can be made in sixty to ninety seconds, the time it … Continue reading

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Longing for Community

We all long intuitively to be part of a natural, loving, self-selected community. This is the way we lived for almost all of humans’ time on Earth, until civilization changed all that a few short millennia ago. So what’s holding … Continue reading

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Sunday Open Thread — August 5, 2007

Aerial view of the same area in which yesterday’s photo was taken; River Thames is in the upper right. What I’m thinking about, and planning on writing (and podcasting) about soon:Creating Community: We all long intuitively to be part of … Continue reading

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Saturday Links for the Week – August 4, 2007

Andrew Campbell’s neighbourhood between Little Wittenham and North Moreton, UK. All lousy political news this week, so I’m only including the most important items, and starting with a funny editorial: Buy My Ballot Please: An intentionally hilarious rant by Dirk … Continue reading

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Could Social Networking Bring the End of Leadership?

Suppose that all the politicians, business czars and celebrities of today had had access to blogs and social networking tools when they were teenagers, and that all the archives of local newspaper articles and crime blotters from that time were … Continue reading

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Time as Chimera

The realization that time is not linear, is not just a dimension like the dimensions of space, could change our perception and understanding of everything. When we spend so much of our life inside our own head, what happens when … Continue reading

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