October 2009
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September 2009
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that pesky sensor bar
If you have a Wii and are looking for a geeked out place to hold the sensor bar (instead of simply across the top or bottom of your television), look no further than Darth Vader.
I actually know someone who might buy this…although I’m guessing he already has it.
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evernote
I love Evernote, a terrific app that features a web-based solution for storing information of all kinds.
They have software for your computer, which syncs with the website you can access from anywhere, which syncs with the evernote app on the iPhone/iPT.
If you’re not sure how you might use something like this, read this recent article from Guy Kawasaki on 14 Practical Ways to use...
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catch a ball, throw it back
What do you do when you attend a major league game, and are able to lean over and catch a foul ball perfectly? You hand it to your 3-year-old, of course. But what if she throws it back?
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insurance for your fantasy football players
I don’t play fantasy football but it fascinates me to see how many cottage industries have sprung up to make money on the side.
Take, for instance, insurance. What if you draft a key player who gets injured at the start of the season? Simple. Just insure him!
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Simple, Now, Accessible, Practical
Pete Blackshaw loves his iPhone. More important, however, is how we uses the context of a child’s birthday party to analyze the social context in which we now live.
The perceived needs of simplicity, immediacy, accessibility, and practicality have influenced church teaching and preaching for years now, but are even more of an issue today. Questions abound: how do we teach deep truths in a...
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hype vs. excitement
I love this chart by McConnell & Huba on the contrast between hype and excitement. Many times as leaders we act excited about things so often that we fail to do more than simply hype the next step.
The list is brutal: contrived vs. authentic, mistrust vs. belief, unsustainable vs. fuel. The list is a good challenge to me and to every leader who is tempted to hype instead of lead with...
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