Communicating in a networked world
When I made my first trip to Dharamsala, India, in 2005, to see this hub of activity of the Tibetan exile community and the home of the Dalai Lama, I was hosted by Thubten Samdup. “Sam” is founder of the Canada Tibet Committee and an activist in the … [Continue reading]
The Peace Support Network has an online video contest on YouTube for peace videos. They've received 49 submissions and are on to judging now. Results will be announced March 31, 2009. Nice to see even 49 videos submitted! At Project Happiness … [Continue reading]
I was reading Dion Hinchcliff's “50 Essential Strategies for Creating a Successful Web 2.0 Product” (you should go read it when you have more time) and I’ve cherry-picked the points that ring true for me. His points are good and very interesting, but … [Continue reading]
I have friends who read tarot cards, and I myself have read tarot cards in the past (during the Hippie days, as if I actually had those). But I view them as a projective technique where what you are thinking about and hoping for is reflected in your … [Continue reading]
The old method for embedding a Flickr slideshow in a Wordpress blog no longer works after WP 2.1. Flickr creates really nice Flash-driven slideshows and there’s easy HTML code to embed these shows on regular web pages, but the code doesn’t work on … [Continue reading]