Internet Bard

Pownce friend Michele Lentz sent this out, and I found it a bit intriguing and blog-worthy.  Apparently, the founder of Monster.com is ready to move on from one major life event (career transitions) to another (death). This blog is all about stories, especially personal stories, so obituaries are actually something relevant.  In my first job out of high school, I was a small town radio DJ.  One of my most important duties (after keeping the GM from putting his foot in his mouth) ... Read More

If you know me at all, you know that I'm a completely obsessed fan of ABC's mind-bending, time-jumping, crazyfest LOST.  In fact, I'm such a LOST geek, they even let me ask Damon and Carlton a question in a video podcast this Spring. As a new media geek and storyteller at heart, I also love Alternate Reality Games (ARGs).  In addition to LOST's previous two ARGs (The Lost Experience and Find815), movies such as The Bourne Ultimatum, and video games like Halo (ILoveBees) ... Read More

Consider me officially out of practice. With everything. I'm currently a somewhat lapsed devotee of David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) system for personal productivity and organization, FlyLady's household management system, David K. Reynold's Constructive Living therapy, Dr. Willard Harley's Marriage Builders program, and Sacred Space/Pray-As-You-Go's daily prayer practice. What do all these things have in common? They each touch on big, massive, shudder-when-you-think-about-it Major Life Goals. Getting your schedule under control and making sure you get what's most important to you accomplished. Creating an ... Read More

Actual conversation heard in my house recently: Me: I'm not going to murder you. Hubby: What? Me: I said, I'm not going to kill you. Hubby: Oh. Good. Because I was concerned... Me: I thought you might be. So I figured I would just tell you, I'm definitely not killing you. But if you think of anybody who would be good to murder, let me know, will ya? Hubby: Sure, babe. No problem. We were, of course, talking ... Read More

I'm gearing up to dive into a big online community project at work, and one of the discussions that always has to be held fairly early on is the question of privacy. There are some advantages to having an open, publicly visible community, and some advantages to having a private, invitation-only or registered users only site. Like most things, which choice you make depends on many factors. Here are some to consider: Client: Is the client nervous about the project in ... Read More