From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Hypocrisy Takes Center Stage in August

08.31.2007

I hadn’t planned on writing any more about the Senator Craig incident after my earlier post this week. However, watching events as they’ve unfolded, I’ve decided that the hypocrisy of the Republican party is worthy of analysis. They’re engaged in the type of behavior I hate the most: holier-than-thou finger pointing.
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Social Networks Sparking Ideas

08.31.2007

The problem with people actually reading your blog is that you then have expectations to live up to. For instance, my friend Chris Brogan has kindly highlighted by blog courtesy of Happy Blog Day. He goes so far as to say that my “pieces come off like good essays, and they make me stop and [...]

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The Trap of "Good Enough"

08.29.2007

What do you think when someone says to you, “That’s good enough.” Do you feel a sense of relief? Do you feel like you can move on to something new and exciting? Matt Asay over at CNET explores how this concept has taken hold in the tech world:
“Good enough” frees up time and resources to [...]

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Word Gambling in a Minnesota Bathroom

08.28.2007

The lure of word gambling strikes again. I’ve talked about this topic several times, but I’m still amazed by the stupidity and shortsightedness of most public officials. The recent hoopla over Senator Larry Craig’s (R-Idaho) disorderly conduct arrest again proves my theory. (Smoking Gun has the original police report.) As I wrote back in April:
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Moving On to New Opportunities

08.27.2007

The recent resignation of Alberto Gonzales as the Attorney General started my brain a-whirling about resignations in general. If you’ve been working for any length of time, odds are good you’ve probably resigned at least once. Every time I’ve given notice, I’ve written a resignation letter that gave me a rush of satisfaction. For me, [...]

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Making Your Jaw Drop

08.23.2007

Do you remember that initial moment when you discovered something that made your jaw drop? The first time I flew at age nine, my jaw dropped. My first flight also happened to take place a week after the horrifying crash in Sioux City, Iowa, of a United jet. Let’s just say I was a bit [...]

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Send Gifts to Junior.com

08.22.2007

Apparently naming your kids just got more complicated. Prior to filling out your newborn’s birth certificate, you’d better check and see if the domain name is available. Wired News covers the story of how parents are snapping up domain names at birth “just in case:”

A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names [...]

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A Question of Favorites

08.21.2007

Corrie has issued a challenge that I can’t ignore: list my five favorite web sites. Beyond the obvious (how do I narrow it to five?), Corrie’s post got me thinking about the concept of “favorite.” On a regular basis, we’re asked to list our favorites. Our favorite movies, our favorite books, our favorite teams, [...]

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Old-School Road Trip

08.17.2007

This weekend marks the beginning of a 4-day trip to Colorado, and I’ve spent the last 12 hours in the car. I haven’t been in a car for this long since the family trip to Disneyland 20+ years ago. I had the whole state of Wyoming to wonder what sparked the original idea for the [...]

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An Uneasy Alliance

08.16.2007

Who you are in the privacy of your home has to find a way to coexist with who you must be in public. This uneasy alliance plagues anyone who finds themselves moving between a public and private world. For some people, the donning of a public persona requires little effort because the differences are small. [...]

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