TedTalk – Barry Schwartz on Wisdom

by Paul on February 17, 2009

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One of my favorite Authors, Sarah Vowell, wrote an Op-Ed piece for yesterday’s New York Times.

The good news is that Governor Palin has sufficient experience in public life to leave behind enough of a paper trail that we can discern her positions on many of the most important issues of the day. The bad news is that after taking this crash course in where she stands, I know that if she were elected I would be afraid to leave my apartment after sundown.

Also…

Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But this is the sort of empty compliment a friend of mine once compared to being called “the coolest Osmond.”

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Dicky V's Basketball Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech

September 6, 2008

A buddy of mine had a theory. His theory was ‘A boy, a ball, dream, Dick. A boy, a ball, a dream.’ And that was my life. I’m a gym rat. I absolutely love the game. The game has been so good to me.
Dick Vitale’s Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech

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"Frank Sent This" – 3 Videos for the Airplane Ride

August 8, 2008

I hadn’t really been using my iPhone to watch videos up until recently…which is good, because it means that I really haven’t been doing a lot of business travel over the past year. (A little bit of background – After several years of being a road warrior in my early career, I’m not much of [...]

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Distractions for August 1, 2008

August 1, 2008

Malwebolence: The Trolls Among Us – Interesting tangent from NYT Magazine (although not purposefully related) the to whole Comments on Comments discussion.
Carmensita – Bollywood-style video from Devendra Banhart featuring his girlfriend Natalie Portman. I actually like it. Very catchy tune and goofy-fun video.
In Your Face Photography – Meant to post this a while ago, but [...]

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Some Thoughts on (Warcraft) Guilds – Part II

July 24, 2008

This is the second part in a short essay regarding some thinking about World of Warcraft Guilds. For Part I of the series which focuses on the purpose of guilds in the context of the game, click here.
Why Guilds Fail
Ask any Warcraft player what the word “Drama” means to them in relationship to the game [...]

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Some thoughts on (Warcraft) Guilds – Part I

July 23, 2008

I’ll start with my disclaimer (and a little bit of background)…
I’ve never been a Guild Master. I was an officer for a while of a small-medium size Horde casual raiding guild on Draenor. We enjoyed a long and successful run before our guild dissolved and scattered in its own little Diaspora.
What essentially prompted our dissolution [...]

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Happiness and Game Design

July 21, 2008

From the “blog entries that should have been written months ago” category…
In hindsight, probably the single most valuable session (among the many valuable sessions) from SXSWi this past March was Jane McGonigal’s keynote (SXSWi Podcast, Slides). I say that simply because I am still thinking about it and how it applies to the experience design [...]

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Distractions for July 21, 2008

July 21, 2008

A couple of fun things seen at Podcamp Boston 3 this weekend.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) – A sequel to the previous Dancing (2006) first shown to me by my sister back in 2006.
Did You Know? (Version 2.0) – Thought provoking piece on literacy in the twenty-first century.
PS – Happy Birthday Nikki!

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Distractions for July 9, 2008

July 9, 2008

Pixar is Cool. Period. – I’ll let you read the story. Another example of how it should be done.

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