Two recent NPR stories caught my attention for how they speak to a pervasive problem plaguing organizations like mine: loss of organizational history.
One story is about “Bruce,” the name given to the three giant fake sharks used in the movie Jaws. After the filming concluded, all three models were lost and most likely destroyed. [...]
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June 21st, 2010
Lost & found: silver screen gems rediscovered
March 12th, 2010
The Reality of Social Networking [make sure your kids see this video]
I’m one of the last people to raise the paranoia flag, but as a social networking enthusiast and social software trainer, I have a certain obligation to investigate the privacy issues around such web sites. Recently, I’ve been talking with folks, reading, and thinking a lot about privacy.According to a colleague [...]
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Posted in Culture, Facebook, Lessons learned, Privacy, Tips & Tricks, Video, Web 2.0 
No Comments » December 31st, 2009
Have compassion for neo-Luddites during the holidays
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I ran into an issue that I haven’t had to deal with for a long time: blatant hostility towards technology. Since I work in a tech field, most of my daily encounters are with the geek crowd. And when I get home, my wife is very sympathetic to geek-kind (or at [...]
