Archive for October, 2004
What’s a blog for?
Pointers
Paris vs. Ottawa
Building on what we know
A new kind of human
In 1963 Maslow wrote in “The Creative Attitudeâ€:
…It seems to me that we are at a point in history unlike anything that has ever been before. Life moves far more rapidly now than it ever did before. Think, for
Ontogogy = sift
In “The Further Reaches of Human Nature†Maslow starts the trend of naming, knighting, trademarking words. He toys with new names for metacounseling: helping people reach their full human potential. For size he tries “ontogogy†which means trying to help …
Potent principles
Cost of worry
Another note on boutiqu-ing
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I am in Paris – land of boutiques. It’s amazing to see hyper-stylish Parisians zipping in and out of tiny stores, purchasing one or two goods from each shop they enter. By the time they’re done, their arms are full, |
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Party like a rockstar
When I was in university I used to love swinging by this guy’s site: Analog Cereal. He was on this quest to “party like a rock star”. I’ve never wanted to be a rock star – but the party …
Faxes, memos and apathy
Am still reading Jared Diamond’s, “Guns, Germs, and Steel.†Am still intrigued by the idea of tribal business.
Diamond runs through an ambitious description of social evolution. He works up from roving bands of nomads all the way to sophisticated …
Boutiqu-ing
A few weeks ago I wrote about the tension between firm size and firm mobility. As the story narrowed in to the conclusion, I mentioned my concern that the sift experiment might become a bit busy. sift might turn into …
McManifesto
I’m in a strange pinch. I’ve got two opposing writing opportunities.
On one hand a regular newspaper article in the National Post that is supposed to be “punchy, witty and 100 wordsâ€.
One the other hand, an offer to write …