Sometimes, when I’m not doing what I ought, I read books, and I was recently given “We Are Iran” by Monique. The book has turned out to be way more interesting that I thought it would be.
I wrote this post a while ago, but I didn’t put it up because I didn’t want to jinx my sister, Virginia. But she’s going to be a paramedic! She’s been taking a course from the B.C. Justice Institute and it’s been going really well for her. Of course, the Justice Institute sounds like the kind of place that would have Green Lantern and Superman standing around the lobby.
If you’re like me and you have *cough* almost finished *cough* your Christmas shopping but haven’t found that thing for me yet, not to worry. My list this year is brief as always.
I’ve arrived in Banff for the Blogs n’ Dogs conference. I’d like to present my experience so far in the format of a numerical guide to the conference and city.
Hello, Internet. I’m looking for a site I found once but now cannot find again.
It was an interactive portfolio site. I think it was for a public relations or advertising company. I thing the company was Canadian, and I think the company was named after a person, Leo or Leon or something like that.
“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”
After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.
“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)