It’s been a while since I’ve posted. There are a lot of “postings in waiting” and I’ve got a short stack of Fave Ideas of the Week to catch up on. It’s busy. I’ll be back soon. Thanks for being patient. In the meantime, this is really funny.
Entries Tagged as 'random thoughts'
Fave idea of the week : July 17th, 2008
July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · fave ideas, random thoughts
I was in a meeting with a bunch of folks, talking about consulting projects. Dan H. was giving an update, and he mentioned that he had a meeting where they just spitballed ideas around. The phrase caught my fancy for a few reasons: spitballs are small, damp and meant to be thrown you use them [...]
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How do you assess the world?
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments · random thoughts
We’re social and tribal, we humans. And making assessments, judgments and forming opinions is part of the supple cloth that we weave in our relationships, in how we perceive things, and our perspectives on the world. So, how do you figure out if you wanna hang with someone? If you want to do business with [...]
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Fave idea of the week : May 16th, 2008
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · fave ideas, random thoughts
  When Nathan Moody did his brown bag for us, he mentioned delivering a magpie piece…the shineyshiney stuff that catches the eye. I’m a total crow/magpie/squirrel…something shiney generally rules my life. So go ahead. Find the shiney.
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Fave idea of the week : Apr 18th, 2008
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · fave ideas, random thoughts
This one got me thinking…at the latest all-hands meeting we were discussing consulting projects, and Trisha said this evocative thing…”How do you want to be incented? Do you want to feed your mind, your heart or your stomach?“Â I changed the words a bit, but the idea that you need to feed all three parts [...]
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Fave idea of the week : March 28, 2008
March 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · fave ideas, random thoughts, sketchbook
When Ryan said…”it wasn’t innovative…but it was innervative” It got me thinking…first of all, I didn’t really know what innervative meant, but I thought it had something to do with reaching out, stretching across, activating…like nerves. But it was an interesting idea, a great contender for the favorite of the week. When I went to [...]
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I’m a thinker, not a feeler
March 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · random thoughts
Peter blogged about his empathy quotient, and a bunch of us joined in the test. I ranked low, which didn’t really surprise me. I was a 36 out of 80. Apparently I don’t care about people around me. Which is funny, because I think I do. Then I took the Systemizing test and realized what [...]
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Dear blog, sorry it’s been so long
August 21st, 2007 · No Comments · random thoughts
My move killed my blog. So many transitions, so little focus. But now, after the inspiring and insightful experience at UX Week 2007, I’m juiced back up and ready to talk.
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Emeryville General Plan Workshop
April 24th, 2007 · No Comments · emeryville, random thoughts
Emeryville General Plan Workshop Last night I attended a workshop for the City of Emeryville, and we did a participatory design activity. It was interesting to see the different mindsets that come with living in different parts of a town, for different durations of time. It also brought home how key it is to design [...]
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care for the ones you love
April 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · random thoughts
I was at a meeting a week ago, and the hostess offered me the carafe of coffee to take home. How could I pass that up? Only when I got into the car with all my stuff did I realize that I had no way to keep it upright. Enter the handy life-saving seatbelt. Worked [...]
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