Author Archives: Dennis

Facebook Ticker Trick

    I wouldn’t call it love-hate.  My relationship with the worlds most ubiquitous social network is a bit more complex.  I consider Facebook’s history around data privacy and Mark Zuckerberg’s public statements about online identity to be a warning.  In … Continue reading

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Tanking Ego

Zahraah at Pugnacious Priest asks, “Do you need an ego to tank? Should I roll a ‘tank’ and see?” Lao Tzu is credited with the following quote – “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his … Continue reading

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BlogDesk and other Sundry Tools

I found this cool list of offline blog tools here www.masternewmedia.org/best-offline-blog-editors-and-web-publishing-tools-mini-guide/

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Fairly Free Internet Security

Rarely does a month go by before someone I know asks me about basic security software for their home PC. Usually it’s at the right after their pre-installed anti-virus expires or when their college age children bring the laptop home. … Continue reading

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(not) Tweeting the Day Away

From InformationWeek Update – September 2009: John Swainson has announced his retirement from CA. I wonder if he’ll pick up twitter next year. John Swainson, CEO of CA, says he uses Facebook and LinkedIn but communicates mostly by E-mail (much … Continue reading

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Posting from the Passenger Seat

I rarely get to just ride along anywhere but today’s the exception. My wife is driving us to the boy scout camp to visit our son, so I thought I’d try blogging from my Sprint Mogul. So far so good … Continue reading

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The Power of “What I Can Do” Now

I read the The Power of Now some time ago and have been watching with some amusement at the level of activity surrounding Oprah’s embrace of Tolle. Years ago I purchased a Tony Robbins tape set. I wonder if he … Continue reading

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What Really Matters

In an article over at Pick the Brain, Jonathan Mead writes One simple fact divides effective and ineffective people: effective people spend the majority of their time working on important rather than urgent things. It’s an age old problem, what … Continue reading

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Fragg’d – an oddly graceful moment of Zen

Interesting commentary at Wired on virtual killing [and death]. – you watch as your corpse goes pinwheeling gracefully through the air, arms and legs flailing in the grip of rag-doll physics. Clive Thompson recounts the ways he’s died in video … Continue reading

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Spirituality Graduate School

David B. Bohl from Slow Down Fast blog, writes at Pick the Brain: Recent surveys have shown that the vast percentage of society holds religious or spiritual beliefs. It is also interesting to note that a majority of these people … Continue reading

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