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The Great Eastern: Available on MP3
Whenever one of the kids is listening to ‘classic rock’ on CD I think back to a great CBC radio show called The Great Eastern. Billed as “Newfoundland’s Cultural Magazine”, it was a stunning window into the culture and lifestyles of our newest province. The show ran from 1994-1999 and I absolutely loved [...]
I need to start watching more Charlie Rose
I don’t really watch much TV and I watch even less current affairs but lately I keep been pointing me to the Charlie Rose show. Now there’s a fellow who understands how the Web works. Or at least he seems extremely interested.
Case in point: Mitch Joel is really digging into how traditional print media is [...]
Siting a School in a Sausage
Here’s a lesson about how Collaboration, Consultation and Compromise might not, in the end, come up with the best solution.
The topic: We’re building a new school in our neighbourhood. Not to accomodate an influx of new kids, but to cope with the long slow decline in enrollment in the neighbourhood. Three existing schools serving just [...]
Worried about sharing your cool idea? Try a FriendDA.
A recurring Triiibes mantra is “Ideas that Spread, Win.” In fact, having a good idea spread is more important than getting credit for it. That’s a tough one for me, as much of my professional life is making darn sure my company’s secrets stay in the company and I’m afraid that attitude has leaked into [...]
A Must See video if we’re going to get along.
Since August, I’ve been part of an online group of writers, marketers, thinkers and leaders led by Seth Godin. It’s called Triiibes.com but it’s closed to new members*, so no sense going there right now.
Much of the discussion on Triiibes lately has been the US presidential election. It’s easy enough to see why [...]
Putting the Tribes idea to work for non-profits
I put Seth’s conference call for non-profits on my iPod a couple weeks ago and have listened to it four times so far. I guess I’m one of those auditory learners because Seth’s talk really resonated with me. I tossed and turned all night thinking about how to best apply these ideas to my local [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, Canadian Style
I’ll do community stuff tomorrow, while the turkey is cooking. Today, I need to find where we put the shovels…
Manifesto on Forming and Leading Tribes
Great day today as it marks the release of a new manifesto from the idea spreading guru Seth Godin. It’s all about forming and leading tribes.
Seth’s all about spreading ideas and has written at length about getting remarkable ideas to spread. The concept of tribes expands on this — it’s about creating a platform so [...]
Happy Birthday to Me, Me, Me!
Today’s my birthday! Yay!
Although birthdays are kinda quiet around here they’re still very special and today was a great day. Up early to watch Ben play soccer, then off for a light lunch with Cindy (hot dogs at the Peavey Mart and Milky Way ice cream, then watch the Euro 2008 final before joining up [...]
Structure you have vs. structure you need
So, which are you?