Tonight our association held their annual meeting at a church which shut down several years ago. I’ve been in the building several times since it closed down, and it’s always depressed me — the musty smell, the empty space, the sheer amount of lost potential. Until tonight, however, I’d never quite figured out how the…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
What is a “Creative?”
Today I read an article about finding the next Steve Jobs. It makes the point that many companies are incapable of finding such a person because “creatives” are natural “non-conformists” who get weeded out by the hiring process. Â Creative-types tend to throw up red-flags which reveal how they won’t fit in the corporate structure. Â This…
Williamsburg in Spring
I don’t hide my love for Williamsburg, VA. Â What’s been accomplished by the Williamsburg Foundation is nothing short of marvelous. Â Ever since my wife and I took our honeymoon there, we’ve been going back. Â Our kids consider it our vacation spot, which makes me glad. Â This week we all took a trip down to Williamsburg…
Don’t comment angry
I recently read a Huffington Post Article asking the question, “What if kids don’t want our church?” It likened church structures (both organizational and physical) to “family heirlooms” which may have been treasured for generations but no longer fit the goals and lifestyles of the current generation. There’s a lot I agree with in the…
Training Revolution
The buzz was running among Geeks this week Teens are bored with FaceBook. I’ve been saying for a while that the kids who grow up in the era of persistent-connectivity are going to naturally find boundaries with these tools. They don’t want to be overwhelmed with social networks, that’s what texting is for. The growing…
Textbook pain
My son is visually impaired. It doesn’t slow him down all that much, but it does make school more difficult than it would be for him if he had better vision. Several years ago we got him an iPad so he’d be able to read – it’s been amazing for him. The iPad has become…
