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Looking to learn? This presentation covers a lot of ground and does it well, just like good design should: 10 Things CEOs Need to Know About Design View more presentations from Jason Putorti.
Continue reading...Switching Costs
17 June 2010
This video made me switch back to Chrome from Safari 5: But then, when I loaded my first site, it wasn’t as fast in real life as it was in the video. So I went back to Safari. Damn marketing. Cool video though. Hat tip to Andrew Farah.
Continue reading...Photo Update – Katy’s Graduation
15 June 2010
Last Friday, we celebrated my sister-in-law Katy’s graduation from the University of Washington. Please find photos below or on Flickr.
Continue reading...Safely in Seattle
31 May 2010
For those of you who have been following our adventures on the Roadtrip, I just wanted to do a quick post to let everyone know that we made it safely and soundly to Seattle. I’m going to try to keep the post frequency up on the blog over the summer, so stay tuned!
Continue reading...Road Trip!
20 May 2010
For the foreseeable future (about two weeks), most of my time and energy will be spent moving from Syracuse to Seattle. Lest any of my readers feel left out, you can follow all of my adventures at shaycolson.com/roadtrip. I’m aiming for real-time GPS uploads, photo streams, and maybe some other content if I feel that [...]
Continue reading...Packing Light
18 May 2010
I’m a chronic over-packer. I play lots of “What if?” games, or think “That might be nice to have.” I return from a trip and nearly half of what I brought was never touched. Not to be hypocritical, but I wrote in my post on Transitions that Those who pack the lightest often reach the [...]
Continue reading...Graduation Day
15 May 2010
Congratulations to the Syracuse University Class of 2010. See you on stage.
Continue reading...Back In The Saddle
11 May 2010
Dear Reader – my apologies for the lengthy absence. Life has been hectic, but exciting. I am working now on another week’s worth of posts, and hope to return this blog to the daily posting routine that saw it through the winter months. Look for new entries each weekday, and a sustained effort to remain [...]
Continue reading...Not a Trivial Pursuit!
5 May 2010
What happens every Thursday night at the Inn Complete? Trivia, including the iSchool‘s very own team: Klub Kat.
Continue reading...My Documentary Debut!
4 May 2010
Preview trailer from the Social Media Charrette that I participated in a few weeks back:
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- The Startup Life | Story Time
- Emerging Talk – A Recap
- Coming Soon: Emerging Talk
- Balance | Distractions
- Balance | Good Enough
- Balance | Saying Yes vs. Saying No
- Balance | Time
- Cyber War | Not Here, Not Now
- Cyber War | Op-Ed Fallout
- Cyber War | Is There? Are We?
- I Hate Turnitin.com, or, "Help! The Cloud Ate My Homework!"
- Duke University Professor Scores One For Academic Freedom
- Starting Up | Making Entrepreneurs
- What's a Charrette?
- An Urgent Message from LSAC
- Zombie Tag
- Individual Market Freedom
- Mental Clutter
- What Matters Now or "Be Awesome."
- Digital Literacy - It's Important! (Seriously)
- Shay: Poncho's not the jealous type - plus, the new Aston Martin would be his girlfriend, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind....
- Snyder: Does Poncho get jealous when you look at other vehicles? You're just asking for ignition system trouble....
- Shay: Thanks, Mom!...
- louisecolson: you look fabulous! Bravo :)...
- Katy Kelly: Wow! What a connection. I watched and voted for the video after it showed up on my favorite blog The Daily What. I guess if I followed John Mayer on T...
- John Hughes: Congrats on Graduating and the Leadership Award. Next...life. Good luck on the drive across country. Speaking as someone who has moved frequently, I...
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- Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine August 31, 2010It's doubtful that any other distillery will come up with a whisky that tastes like Gilpin Family Whisky because of its secret ingredient: urine. Researcher and designer James Gilpin uses the sugar rich urine of elderly diabetics to make his high-end single malt whisky. From the article: "The source material is acquired from elderly volunteers, inc […]
- 10 Media Takes on the Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal August 11, 2010For a document with no actual authority behind it, the Verizon/Google policy proposal on openness rules for the country’s wired and wireless networks has caused quite the media storm. Today the authors themselves joined in via a Washington Post op-ed. In case anyone is wondering whether Google and Verizon hate their Internet freedom, Google CEO Eric Schmidt […]
- FBI Prioritizes Copyright Over Missing Persons August 10, 2010An anonymous reader writes "The FBI has limited resources, so it needs to prioritize what it works on. However, it's difficult to see why dealing with copyright infringement seems to get more attention than identity theft or missing persons. In the past year, the FBI has announced a special new task force to fight intellectual property infringement […]
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