Monthly Archives: April 2009

Making a Living From Your Blog: A Mini-Book-Review

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG Making a Living From Your Blog As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, citing Seth Godin’s link to it, Chris Guillebeau has written a free, downloadable manual on how to make a decent living ($50,000 per year or … Continue reading →

Posted in Using Weblogs and Technology | 2 Comments

Ordeal’s End: A Shaggy Dog Story, and Some Unthinkable Thoughts on Dying

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG Ordeal’s End Beach in Esperance, Westerm Australia, where I wrote this blog post – thanks to Cheryl for the photo Yesterday we visited another of the spectacular white sand, turquoise water beaches in Esperance, on the southwest coast of … Continue reading →

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An Unschooling Manifesto

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG An Unschooling Manifesto a photo of my high school, c. 1969 In Grade 11, my second last year of high school, I was an average student, with marks in English in the mid 60% range, and in mathematics, my … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Scenarios

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG The Trouble with Scenarios A couple of years ago (Dec. 7, 2006), I wrote a review of Peter Schwartz’s 1989 book The Art of the Long View, which outlined an approach to scenario planning and then presented three scenarios … Continue reading →

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Links for the Week: April 19, 2009

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG Links for the Week: April 18-19, 2009 Beach in Esperance, Westerm Australia, where I’m writing this blog post – thanks to Cheryl for the photo Can Permaculture and Social Networks Save the World?: Rob asks “If we learned how … Continue reading →

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The Will to Live, and Life’s Trajectories

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG The Will to Live, and Vectors Pollard birches, by Vincent Van Gogh I spent four days last week with my father, who’s 85, and who’s struggling a lot these days with memory, especially words and names. In the past … Continue reading →

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Starting Over, Holding Back

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG How This Might All Unfold Two months after reporting that I was “Starting Over“, I’m still standing on the same precipice, intending to make the jump but holding back. The purpose of this article is to talk (to myself … Continue reading →

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Glass Half Full

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG Glass Half Full The business executive was considering the strategic direction of his company, and consulted with an expert in strategy, uncertainty and complexity. “I need to know,” the executive said, “whether we’re going to have a quick recovery … Continue reading →

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Links of the Week: April 11, 2009

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG Links of the Week: April 11, 2009 I’m away for the next three weeks, in Winnipeg and Western Australia, so posting may be erratic. photo from The Root There is Never Nothing Happening: Johnny Moore waxes eloquent on the … Continue reading →

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What’s Next After Knowledge Management? A Scenario

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Dave Pollard

BLOG What’s Next After Knowledge Management? A Scenario Major information flows in organizations, c. 1975 One of the most important things I’ve learned in the last few years is that, except for senior management, no one in most organizations really … Continue reading →

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