Can we build a better lightbulb?
Ah, the incandescent lightbulb. This glowing source of sudden sun remains the symbol of innovation and creativity. When someone gets something, we say the lightbulb goes on. But get this: When I asked my students…
Ah, the incandescent lightbulb. This glowing source of sudden sun remains the symbol of innovation and creativity. When someone gets something, we say the lightbulb goes on. But get this: When I asked my students…
To follow up on my comments yesterday, about Stairway to Heaven. One of the lines goes like this: “Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long runThere’s still time to…
In recognition of my dad’s birthday over the weekend, let me talk about perhaps the greatest of influences on my musical tastes: Him, and his box of cassette tapes. Back in the late 1970s, dad…
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Summertime and the livin’ is easy!…
We’re getting toward the end of the week and to help us make it to the weekend, I’d like to share some reasons why you are worth whatever you are being paid (or think you…
“Why did you call me ‘The King of Latrine’?” I asked of our class valedictorian, begrudgingly admiring his wordplay after he signed my yearbook. “Can’t you read?” he scoffed, “that’s ‘SATIRE,’ not ‘latrine.’” In high…
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? I have a confession to make….
We’re getting toward the end of the week and to help us make it to the weekend, I’d like to share some reasons why you are worth whatever you are being paid (or think you…
Your comfort zone covers what you do every day. What you’re good at. What makes you comfortable. Like a merry-go-round, you’re moving around but not moving forward. In our illustration there is a crescent just…
How do you make your comfort zone bigger? Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone? Yesterday, I wrote about your comfort zone and teased the idea of the two crescents. As I…