Managing the River of Media


h1 Posted 1 year, 5 months ago in the early morning by

We are all overwhelmed by too much information. Either we feel burdened by thousands of unread emails, articles, and blog posts, or we generally feel out of the information loop, as if others have secret access to content that we’re not privy to. If we don’t develop systems to manage how we discover, make sense [...]

More Information About Too Much Information


h1 Posted 2 years, 7 months ago just before lunchtime by

At some point in the future my children will ask me what I did during my 20′s and I will tell them that I traveled around the world going from one conference to the next with my laptop. And my children will ask me why I did that. And I will say, you know, that’s [...]

The Expansion of Ignorance is Inevitable


h1 Posted 2 years, 7 months ago in the wee hours by

In The Omnivore’s Dilema Michael Pollan reminds us that food is an inelastic good, which is to say that, obesity aside, there is a limit to how many calories a person can consume in a single day. Any more and we would explode. Once we all reach that caloric daily limit then the food industry [...]

Don’t Read This, Take a Walk in the Park


h1 Posted 3 years, 6 months ago in the early morning by

I’m a little bit disappointed. OK, not anymore. But I was. For months now I have been writing posts which summarize and link to other posts from new bloggers from the Rising Voices projects. You see, I am begging you to read what they write, begging you to leave encouraging comments. But no one does. [...]