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Friday Finish 04.08.11

Welcome to my brand new entry for Fridays. I know weeks can be busy and we don’t always have time to read things or check out every link. Every Friday, I’ll post this blog entry with links to my posts during the week as well as 3-4 other outstanding articles by other authors. If you […]
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Caterpillar

So I’m in the middle of my spring speaking season, and I love it. The students are awesome and each conference or campus brings something different to the table. I really privileged in my line of work that most people share with me what they appreciated about my day at work. Students often share what […]
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Toolbox: QR Codes for Campus & Conferences

You may have already seen them around. A strange series of black and white boxes arranged on a grid. They appear in some magazines, on a few billboards, and even on that kiosk at the mall. But what are they? QR CODES A “Quick Response Code” is a matrix barcode, initially created in Japan in […]
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Black Friday

Remember two weeks ago? You were at school, or in your office, or checking your phone, and someone texted you or posted on your wall about this horrible YouTube video that you just had to see? The lyrics were awful, there was a strange rap sequence, and no one could figure out why it even […]
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Libya, Obama, The Daily Show, & Leadership

Don’t worry. I’ll keep out of a lot of the politics currently taking place over the complexity of the situation in Libya. I have my own personal viewpoints, but I won’t use today’s blog to post them. Rather, I wanted to address an interesting point made in the March 29th episode of The Daily Show. […]
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Pixar Motivation

I spent some time today reading some articles on Mashable and stumbled upon a great video montage of the 25 years of Pixar. You can watch the full video here. I’m a huge fan of the company and watching the video only heightened my admiration of them. Their films consistently reinforce positive ideals and tap […]
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Bill Gates Talk from TED Conference

I’ve mentioned before that although I’m a HUGE Apple user, I’m a big, big, big fan of what Bill Gates has done since he left Microsoft. His TEDTalks are some of my favorite. Here is a recent presentation he did. It’s sobering, but I think if we begin to have real discussions and not just […]
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The Lakers, Overtime, and The History Channel

My cousin is a huge LA Lakers fan. Last night a great deal of teasing took place in our Cousins Facebook group (yes, my family is that rad) over the fact that his sister sat in great seats for the Lakers vs. Suns game last night (and he didn’t go). Today, we joked about it […]
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USA TODAY and GLEE

I saw a link appear in my facebook newsfeed today. This morning, USA Today published an article called “‘Glee’ has lost its voice in all the chaos.” Sadly, I found myself agreeing with almost every aspect of the article. What was once my favorite new show on television is quickly becoming something I endure, hoping […]
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