This weekend I am going to be announcing some big changes with PlansForUs and the blog…in the meantime here is an absolutely ridiculous song that I have listened to 8 times since I picked it up this afternoon. I heard it while out shopping with my wife at Madewell and consequently have a very high opinion of Madewell.
Like many of you I have come into 2008 with some goals that I want to accomplish and things that I am going to change. One of those things is what happens with PlansForUs. I will publicize that decision at the end of the month when I am clear on exactly what I want to do.
The second of many is what to do with these posts that I have in draft form. They have been staring at me for awhile now. In order to start 2008 fresh I am going to do the following. I am listing all of these drafts below, if there is one that you would like me to publish, please let me know in the comments, otherwise I am going to dispose of them all and start anew in 2008. Here are the potential posts:
Don’t Listen to Doris Lessing-She’s Wrong!, Guinan’s Pub and YouTube are Connected?, Are you Surprised? Clarence is Already There, Organize through Networks, not Hierarchy, Right on Seth, except something doesn’t work for me, My Day at School, Signal vs Noise in Teaching, Recursion and what it means for PlansForUs, Young Entrepreneurs, Evangelism, Formatting, Are we right?, Losing Work-Are USBs, Floppy Disks and Multiple Machines Saving Time
By the way, this was post #100. Not quite as exciting as I hoped, but a milestone all the same.
On November 15, 2007 I made the following prediction-Obama v McCain would be the eventual matchup in the 2008 and with Obama winning in Iowa it seems I am a bit closer to being correct in my prediction. Now there is a lot of time left and things could change, but this is a big win for Obama and McCain is looking strong going into NH.
In other news:
-PlansForUs is going to be changing in a lot of significant ways in the next month, as we reappraise our strategy for 2008.
-The Chicago Bulls are down by 2 to Portland and I am nervous
-And this is the best song I have heard in awhile:
I want to state for the record, that I really enjoy blogging. Though I can’t claim a huge readership base, I can claim that writing on this blog has done a whole lot of good for my clarity of writing. In fact, I haven’t felt that my writing has been as concise since my journal writing days traveling through Europe. So, to those who don’t blog-the reason I blog is to be a better writer in my everyday life.
Anyway, things have been extraordinarily busy and will remain so for the foreseeable future as I work through a bunch of different things in business and in life. I will post when I can, so definitely grab my RSS feed or email if you are one of my 30-40 average visitors.
Last week, we pitched NY Angels, which was pretty intense. While I would love to say that we knocked their socks off, I must admit that the outcome of that meeting is very unclear. I’ll obviously let you know if something comes of it. We have also been admitted into the Investors Circle newsletter and company database. Investors Circle is a group of about 400 angel investors who seek to make socially conscious angel investments, so we are hopeful on that front.
I have also been spending some time brainstorming with a buddy of mine from a past job, Steve Martocci. Steve is an incredibly vivid and innovative thinker and developer, who is using these skills to develop some exciting things with his company Sympact Technologies. Spending time with him, working to develop his strategy has had a terrific cross-pollinating effect on how I think about PlansForUs. You will see the fruits of that pollination in 2008.
Moving on-Do you read Dy/Dan yet? Are you an educator? Than you must have a look. Are you interested in the debate around technology in the classroom? Than you should be reading. Dan provides an incredibly honest assessment of teaching. His latest post talks of the benefits of a well designed worksheet, a skill which I see on a regularly honed by my wife. The honesty of Dan’s discourse and the clarity of thought is really powerful. Check it out.
Finally, What’s my worldview? I know, you are all fascinated to find out and that’s why I kept it for last. Lucky for you, I am going to share my worldview as analyzed by QuizFarm and Oxygen Media. Leave a comment and tell me what your worldview diagnosis.
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Postmodernism is the belief in complete open interpretation. You see the universe as a collection of information with varying ways of putting it together. There is no absolute truth for you; even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation. Meaning relies on context and even the language you use to describe things should be subject to analysis.
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This weekend my wife and I were listening to a song from these guys as we drove out to Montauk and decided that it was absolutely awesome. We have now downloaded a few more songs from them and are anxiously awaiting their tour dates in NYC. I also think I am going to go ahead and buy more tracks from these guys on Amazon.
According to my iTunes I first found The Cave Singers exactly a month ago. The song that I discovered these guys with was “Seeds of Night”, a song which is actually one of the more beautiful songs I have heard and really highlights the singer’s unique voice.
That’s as far as I am going to go in describing the music as I have little expertise in moving my descriptions of music beyond the simple fact that I like the music. Here are a few songs that we like:
Seeds of Night
Dancing on our Graves
Helen
Oh Cristine
You can listen to many, if not all of them at HypeMachine.
Enjoy.
Quick Hits, is a way to blast out a couple of recommendations music, books, food, movies or otherwise. Hope you enjoy.
I am currently in the midst of reading three books. I will admit that the reason I am reading three is because at least two require a great deal of concentration and subsequently I am resigned to reading those two on the weekends, when I have more energy and time.
On Intelligence-Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakesee
I figure by better understanding the natural inclinations of the brain, I can improve how I think about executing the functions of PlansForUs. Perhaps we get a natural viral boost if we model our systems on human biology. I have no idea, but this book is not a bad place to start that line of inquiry. Jeff also was the founder of Palm and Handspring, so there are some interesting insights into the brain of an entrepreneur.
Einstein: His Life and Universe-Walter Isaacson
An exhaustive biography of a very influential man. In the age before entrepreneurship really blossomed, it would seem that Einstein had the make up of an entrepreneur. He had the ego, energy and intelligence and it is interesting to chart his path. This book is exhaustive and consequently has been slow going…however Einstein is a fascinating character.
The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
We have owned this book for some time and my wife thoroughly enjoyed it. I began the book this week as a consequence of the following two events. On Intelligence and Einstein were killing me and my wife told me that the movie for the Kite Runner was coming out soon. It is a great book and I am enjoying it thoroughly.
I hope you enjoyed the first installment of quick hits.
