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Getting Things Done

I've been enjoying Alexandra Samuel's obsession with treo and getting things done lately.  She has a great sense of humor.  But so does her husband, Rob Cottingham, who created the above..

I'm live blogging at blogher!

So, I thought I'd make myself a press badge!  Found this link via the blogher flickr photo group.

Webmaster Traffic Art

Via Joho the Blog  a link to Gary Turner's experimentation of a new art form.   Also has possibilities for the field of psychology - web traffic rorsasch tests.

Very Similar to my own time allocation

  Very Similar to my own time allocation 
  Originally uploaded by My Hobo Soul.

But the Panda isn't blogging ... or tagging ...

Nancy's Imaginary Friends

I have to point over the Nancy White's comic about online life that she created in gnomz.com.  But importantly, check out her work adding visuals to online facilitation and her gallery of imaginary friends. I think what I most admire about Nancy is her ability to play with ideas and be right-brained!      

Digital Prayer Wheels: Is that What We Need To Keep Some Nonprofit Organizations Motivated To Blog?

I sent the link to Art Mobs to one of the museum/tech lists I'm on because I wanted to see if there were other examples of blogging in a museum context.   Julian from Pacific Asian Museum left a comment that pointed to a blog about Buddhist Art Happenings Around the World.  (I got excited because I had been researching buddhism and art resources for Cambodia4kids and because the monk from the Wat in RI might do some culture classes for Harry and Sara and some other kids... )  Unfortunately, the blog postings stopped around a year ago, not sure if that's because the blogger left the organization, lost enthusiasm, or there haven't been any buddhist art happening around the world.   

Aside from the great pointers to art exhibitions, I found a site that teaches zen meditation and a possible bar and bat mitvah gifts for Harry and Sara when they turn 13.  But even better, was the digital prayer wheel, "Digital Prayer Wheels praying with electrons you already have around the house."   Here's more about analog prayer wheels.

I got curious and emailed Julian asking him why postings haven't continued.  His response: "We've been extremely swamped with work, which has made us realize that if you are going to do something like this, you have to be prepared to manage it. There are several options in discussion now on how we might use this blog to our advantage and increase it's userability. I'll keep you posted on our decision and our findings. "   

I'm sure that out of the 10 million blogs counted by Sifrey, there are certainly some that aren't active.  It is human after all.  I stopped blogging for six months, although I don't think anyone noticed.   The point is that the activity of blogging (not just the posting, but the discoverability) is a habit and creating a habit is about change or a transition.   So, how do you keep motivated?
 

 

Why Computers Crash

Dr. Suess explains why  computers crash.

Happy April Fool's Day!

My laptop died last week in Chicago at the NTC.  So, it was a bit difficult for me to find anything to laugh about.  I couldn't find anything amusing for my favorite holiday, April Fool's  Day and was just going to reference what I wrote on April 1, 2003.  Found some inspiration on my favorite blog at the Tombstone Generator.

April Fool's Day

NPR used the April Fool's Day as lead to a story about war jokes, a slippery slope for stand up comics. I'm not in the mood for pranks, jokes, or any other humor.

Well, at least my colleagues in the nonprofit tech community can always get a good laugh at nonprofit sector, including CompassPoint's annual Food for Thought April Fool's Day edition.

And if need some inspiration for April fools day, check out the Museum of Hoaxes.

I remember someone posting a great piece of clip art in 2001 to the Rider's list, "Circuit Riding for Dummies." I had saved it on my hard drive, but can't find it. Drat, the list archives don't go back that far. I did find last year's April Fool's prank from 2002 posted on the Rider's List. However, seems pretty appropriate for 2003.

Meanwhile, time to take a break from this technology stuff and make a Mango Fool to mark the holiday.