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Happy Five Year Anniversary iPhone

January 9, 2012

How many of you watched this and was surprised as well?  

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Be Healthy, Eye of the Tiger

January 5, 2012

I just finished watching Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead on Netflix. It’s a documentary about a guy who decides to reboot his life by going on a juice only fast for 60 days. He lost weight and everything you would expect from such a drastic change in lifestyle. He was energized, didn’t rely on his [...]

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Nancy Duarte interview on business communications

May 24, 2011

I’m a huge fan of Nancy Duarte, publisher of Slide:ology and Resonate and owner of Duarte Design. This short interview really sheds light on the need to take business communications up a notch. I love how she says that it’s not an excuse to be dry because the material is dry.

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Borrowing 3G From Your iPhone to Use On Your iPad Wifi Only Model

April 7, 2011

If you own the wifi model of the iPad, you’re chained to anywhere there’s wifi. Fortunately, wifi is available almost anywhere, except when you’re away from a building or on the road. The new iOS 4.3 enables wifi hotspot on your iPhone which then allows you to tether your 3G to other wifi devices like [...]

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Google to build gigabit network for Kansas City to spur build out

April 2, 2011

Google has announced that it’s going to build a gigabit fiber network to nearly every home in Kansas City. See Google’s blog for more details. Consumer internet lines today are typically less than 20 megabits per second. That’s a cap, meaning your actual speed will be much less. Also remember that a bit is different [...]

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Why I’m going analog to learn better

March 27, 2011

There’s many studies out there on the difference between writing notes and typing notes. I’ve done both, primarily handwriting during my K-16 years, and typing in my graduate studies years. Anecdotally, I can say that I comprehended and remembered more when I wrote my notes by hand. My handwriting will never be able to capture [...]

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Visual Meetings – Using Technology and Graphic Facilitation Methods

February 23, 2011

Graphic facilitation and visual thinking is one of my personal interests. I’ve been reading up some a variety of topics. This community is very tight knit and there’s always a common set of players. One of them is Dave Sibbet of The Grove Consultants International. Below is a very detailed webinar (90 minutes). I’ve watched [...]

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An Infographic to Explain Infographics, the Universe Collapses on Itself

February 11, 2011

Infographics are fun. They visually stimulating and is very loud, bold, and sometimes obnoxious. However, good statistical and data principles still apply. Present the data objectively and fairly. Don’t create conclusions where none exist. However, infographics is to data as newpaper headlines are to news. Below is a fun poke at infographics by Think Brilliant. [...]

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