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I've been reading a lot of posts lately from people who are concerned about the privacy of some of our new social technologies, in particular the geotagging services such as Loopt, Gowalla, Foursquare,…

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Alright, it's 2am and I'm watching the men's volleyball game between Venezuela and the USA, and I just read this question on LinkedIn: What do you think about NBC's decision to delay broadcasting the opening ceremonies to the Olympic Games by 12 Hours?



Some guy responded with this:

"As with most media in the… Continue

In November of this year, I will be going on an aid trip to Mamelodi, South Africa with Crossroads Community Church, a Cincinnati-based non-denominational Christian church, to build homes, teach kids and transfer sustainable skills. The church has made this journey for the past 2 years to aid the people of Mamelodi, which is an urban area outside of the capital city of Pretoria. There are close to 1 million people living in Mamelodi, and… Continue

I am going to be heading out to San Francisco from October 27th to the 30th to attend VisiblePath’s Corporate Social Network Design Council on Monday the 29th. The obvious purpose of this gathering is how to apply social networks in the enterprise world. Not only am I planning on learning a TON, but I also get to hang out with my dear friend, Ms. Suzy Tonini! She alerted me to this gathering and it is a bonus that I get to see her as well.… Continue

Please take a moment and visit my newest post today:

Bloggers Against Abuse - Mercy Ministries

"The empire of Rome collapsed when the Romans relied on paying outsiders to do their fighting for them. I wonder what will happen if today’s major corporations go on relying on superficiality, while paying consultants (who aren’t much better) to do their thinking for them?"

~taken from post on Slow Leadership, A Nation of Fast Food, With Leaders To Match

Unrelated to research I suppose, but this was on my mind this evening!

I don't subscribe to any newspaper. I try to avoid watching the news on TV at all cost.

You're probably thinking, "Geez, she's so disconnected from what's going on in the world. How could you possibly expect to keep up with everything that's happening? What's wrong with watching the news? It's important to know what is happening around you."

Why??

Why is it important to know about everyone…

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Jason wrote a me a little note on this topic not too long ago, but just in the past week I've been hit twice by well-meaning individuals who I am flattered have gotten some use out of the information on my blog but have neglected to use quotation or post a link back to my blog and the original post(s). Here is the latest example from an ERE group:

...pulled from ERE group SOURCING Tools and Methodologies:(…

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Just a little nostalgia for some!…

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original post on my blog, but I wanted to share this here as well!!

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I found this site a couple weeks ago - http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~morph/Transformer/. Check it out; you might need to download Java, but it's worth it! You can check out what you'd look like older, younger, as a baby, as a painting, and the coolest stuff: what you might look like as different ethnicities. Check out some of my different "looks" below! …

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(I am going to post this on www.amybethhale.com, but I wanted to take it for a 'test drive' here first!)…

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