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Still giving it a name: Language in Thought and Action is worth a read
This book I’m reading, Language in Thought and Action, explores the importance and power of words in shaping the lives of individuals and societies. It has been said many times before, but I’ll add my voice to the chorus: definitely worth a read.
One passage I came across this morning, about the power of names, [...]
Posted in Books | Also tagged Antichrist, Books, language, Language in Thought and Action, marriage, meaning, media, Mediated, names, reading, Rumpelstiltskin, Storytelling, Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead | 2 Comments
Photo: Prophecy in the Oreo fryer
Fried Oreos, to me, represent the pinnacle of American achievement. The cultural infrastructure required to support this exotic weaponization of food stretches far and wide and confesses the nature of our collective spirit: forget heart attacks and malfunctioning internal organs; the only real death to worry about in the Land of the Free is a [...]
Posted in Photos | Also tagged America, cookies, festivals, fried food, Little Italy, New York City, Oreos, San Gennaro | Leave a comment
Even if information is never static, I sure like the illusion of it
Information’s constant change on the Web is great and beneficial miracle, but the locked, discrete and contained knowledge experience of printed information gives me something that I can finish, and finishing, for a number of reasons, feels good.
Reaching the end of a book unleashes the divine moment: a line goes through that piece of knowledge [...]
Success is a by-product, not an objective: Manage culture and values, not people and tasks
Summary: In a Washington Post video (embedded at the bottom of this post), Google CEO Eric Schmidt says establishing and maintaining a certain culture and certain values at the company helps create success as a by-product as well as employees who do not need (as much of or a certain type of) managing [via SteveOuting.com].
My [...]
Posted in Era of Interconnection | Also tagged beliefs, CEO, Eric Schmidt, future, Google, holism, holistic, industrial era, management, systems, values, Video, Washington Post | Leave a comment
In shift to virtual life, profit lacks purpose
With a steady flow of information highlighting the news industry’s woes, I couldn’t help but begin to wonder about the Internet’s transformation of the larger economic and cultural structures in which businesses, people and, oh, everything else, operate.
In the most dramatically general sense, the human race is shifting from reality to virtual reality.
This is [...]
Posted in Scarcity to Abundance | Also tagged abundance, beliefs, business, capitalism, competition, faith, future, information, Internet, news, philosophizing, profit, scarcity, transformation | Leave a comment
3 changes in information experience micro-culture
Information experience micro-culture is my somewhat academic attempt to create a term encapsulating the rituals, behaviors, expectations and experiences involving humans and our interactions with information, which includes the concept of story, one way of many (and one of my favorite ways) to organize data.
Why this is important: To make long-term, effective decisions about serving [...]
Posted in Newsroomnext | Also tagged experiences, information, journalism, media, news, Newsroomnext, theory | 1 Comment
Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: Pagans’ Yule often misunderstood
In many ways, the celebrations that Amber K and other pagans undertake this time of year are similar to those associated with Christmas.
There are trees with decorations, gift exchanges and time spent with family and friends.
It’s the differences that drew Amber K – that’s her full name – to the spiritual practice she estimates could [...]
Posted in Portfolio | Also tagged Albuquerque, Albuquerque Tribune, articles, Christmas, New Mexico, newspaper, paganism, pagans, Portfolio, religion, rituals, spirituality, winter solstice, Yule | Leave a comment
Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: Duke City’s living memorials provide shade and comfort
There’s little that eases the pain Herald Baca feels since losing his granddaughter three years ago, but the tree planted in Santa Barbara Park helps.
During his weekly visits to the living memorial, it helps him remember Mia, just days old when she died.
It helps him imagine taking walks with her, imagine what she would look [...]
Posted in Portfolio | Also tagged Albuquerque, Albuquerque Tribune, articles, death, dying, memorials, New Mexico, newspaper, obituaries, Portfolio, trees | Leave a comment
Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: New outdoor mall customers ask `Is this Albuquerque?’
During Jennifer Amos’ last three months working as a sales clerk in a Winrock Center store, customer after customer had nothing but questions about the new outdoor shopping center going up nearby.
When will ABQ Uptown be done? What stores will be there? What is the “live-work-play, unique urban community” going to be like?
Today, Albuquerque’s newest [...]
Posted in Portfolio | Also tagged Albuquerque, Albuquerque Tribune, articles, malls, newspaper, Portfolio, retail, shopping | Leave a comment
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