Those that know the intricacies of raising children also know there isn’t a day that goes by where we — as parents — aren’t judging. We might be judging other parents, other children, other families, our better half, our own children … whatever the scenario, we’re judging. For the most part I hope we judge as a way of learning; questioning the ways and methods of others to better ourselves as a parent and as a human being. But, there are times we judge in somewhat cynical ways yearning for mistakes or saying to ourselves, “see, I told you so.” Denise and I, as parents of the three goats (now aged, 10, 7 and 6) happily encourage them to publicly blog at their own domains:
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When it first came out I thought the LinkedIn Labs feature known as “InMaps” was really cool. It still is really cool. I haven’t used it in a couple of years, so after two days where I was on four planes and in three cities, I decided to vegetate on the couch and take another look at my LinkedIn network … graphically speaking. Here’s what 1800 LinkedIn contacts look like and their relationship to me and each other
Sir Ken Robinson remarked in his indelible TED Talks a few years ago that his daughter saw no reason to wear a watch. As he stated, “My teenage daughter doesn’t wear a watch. She says, ‘It’s a single-function device, how lame is that?” The audience roared. I agree. I have never worn a watch. Ever. Well aside from that Goofy watch when I was a wee tot. To me, watches are a bit like children attractions in Las Vegas. What’s the point? Given mobile phone penetration is near 90% in the Western world, isn’t it time we gave up our watches? Wouldn’t we be doing the environment a favour if we refrained from purchasing new watches to adorn our wrists? Seeing as the use of
It’s hard to think of myself as an author. I mean for the entirety of my life, I’ve always known what I was … be it a son, brother, husband, dad, friend, educator, leader, Manchester United supporter, scotch drinker, Star Wars fan, pain in the ass, etc. But I’ve never been a published author before. I don’t have a playbook or a manual that I’m following either. I’m making it up as I go along. The back cover of Flat Army is one of those examples. While I understand the industry typically defaults to having quotes from famous people waxing lyrical about the contents of said book, I refused and ultimately balked at this approach. My idea at first was to simply have a QR