Crossing the Streams

(A sneak peek at tomorrow's entry for Now is Gone) Wow, what can I say? I guess "Now is Gone" will have to be a posthumous best-seller. Geoff Livingston was the tragic victim of a Web 2.0 incident last night. The police haven't ruled it an … [Continue reading]

Getting Around Some More

I'm still getting around. Another random check of my recent visitors showed the following: More than enough to stage a World Cup sectional: Canada (4) * Austria (2) Australia ** India Germany France With three 'Unknowns', there … [Continue reading]

The Sweet Spot of Influence

Today's "Moment of Venn" looks at the factors that make a story powerful and influential: This one speaks for itself. [tags]Ike Pigott, Occam's RazR, Venn diagram, storytelling, influence[/tags] … [Continue reading]

Simply Stupid

I'm all about trying to keep things simple - that's even the tag line for this site. So I have to wonder when I see a popular link circulating on the internet: Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life Did they really get that … [Continue reading]

Goodbye, Jimmy

Jimmy Lee Sudduth passed away over the weekend. He never strayed far from his home in Fayette, Alabama. He was known as a "primitive artist," who made his pigments from scratch. We got to know him because for a time in the '80s, my mom was his … [Continue reading]

Now Appearing

What a way to start the week, by populating other peoples' blogs! The ever-so-appropriately titled "Bonsai Chicken" is up at Now Is Gone - my take on the whole Facebook phenomenon. Also, the first of my guest posts for National Preparedness … [Continue reading]

Bonsai Chicken

David Armano (of the incredible "Logic + Emotion" blog) offered up this Twitter entry on Labor Day: "just uploaded a pic of my newly created tree stump on FB. I didn't want to do it, but the storm got the best of it..." My response? "are you using … [Continue reading]