My Ramblings
Comment on article in Glasstire: Aug 5/17
Should artists have to talk about their work? http://glasstire.com/2017/05/07/should-artists-have-to-talk-about-their-work/ This article is a great jumping-off place for a really important conversation. It demonstrates a lot of attitude in its critique of the artist...
WordPress vs WordPress
There are two kinds of Wordpress sites: hosted by Wordpress on their .com site, and the site you build on your own host by installing the open source Wordpress software from their .org site. (See wordpress.com and wordpress.org) To avoid back-end maintenance time for...
New Year, Old Issues
Well, 2016 is now water under the bridge! I just got off a group video call with American and Canadian participants, and nobody mentioned politics at all. This is probably a hopeful sign, and I choose to think of it that way. As they say, "Start as you mean to go on"....
And furthermore…
Just returned from many days at an international intensive training in nonviolent communication, not as a participant but as the local host/organizer. I have a lot to say about this experience, and about the awesome venue at The Brew Creek Centre near Whistler, BC,...
3 Core Capabilities of System Leaders (an excerpt)
What follows is an excerpt from Peter Senge's post in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (winter 2015: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadership) ...There are three core capabilities that system leaders develop in order to foster...
The Letter Carrier: Introducing the crew
Last year, my son Mike started working in the film and tv industry as it was heating up. After only a short time exploring background/extra work, he had the chance to work as a production assistant on the tv show "The Flash". The amazing ensemble of actors and crew,...
What about the North?
I am a 'Friend' of a group on Facebook called Helping Our Northern Neighbours, which works to link families in Nunavut with people in the southern latitudes of Canada to supplement the food and other supplies they need. Diapers, clothing, treats and so on, the costs...
When your baby girl needs to practice…
I have seen this done in a parental beard, but this was not only creative, but decorative! When you are a dad.. And your baby girl needs to practice... pic.twitter.com/JvRdGkTxwq — Nnenna (@nnenna) January 22, 2016
My BFF, Google
I suppose it is a good AND bad thing that Google had a special birthday graphic for me today.... Posted by Judi Piggott on Tuesday, July 21, 2015