Category: archives

NASA’s Salish Sea in the Snow

I’ve been absent from my blog catch up due to flooding basements and such things. Ah, good intentions.

Today I was led to a stunning photo by NASA of the Salish Sea region – where I spend my time – in the snow. Click in to look at it with more detail. It made me think of you, dear readers (all seven of you!)

We had record breaking cold and snow the last week in December. Seeing it from space was one of those “if I could only look from a new perspective” moments. We need those moments to question what we are doing and want to do. And to just sit in awe of nature.

Speaking of questioning things, Alexandra Samuel‘s remote work newsletter came out today with great reframing questions to consider not just about the return to F2F work, but the very nature of work. It made me want to convene a Strategic Knotworking Session (draft structure description in process to formalize this Liberating Structure here) about work! Worth a read!

Now, back to cleaning up the basement!

Oh dear, were we wrong in 2009: Facebook as a Sustainability Pillar

Conspicuous, but not Consuming | GOOD – Why Facebook is more important to the environment than solar panels.

Picture of a yellow sign that reads "slow down!!! You killed my chipmunk!! His name was chip!

Reading back to this post I can only feel sadness for the delusions we had about the Internet in the early days. Even as late as 2009. Here is the quote that breaks my heart.

The growth of social networks indicates a fundamental shift in patterns of human behavior. The unsustainable practice of ever-increasing consumption of physical goods, and expressing oneself through what one purchases and displays, is being replaced by increasing consumption of virtual goods through virtual channels. This is good news for the sustainability of our economy.

Visualizing Our Identity

I saw this post back in 2008 and was blown away by the visualization of a resume by

Greg Dizzia

Let me be transparent. I hate my resume, and I never really found many resumes to be of great value. I thought about making my own visual resume but never got around to it. Still, it is worth pointing out this post. Go to the link and look at the detailed version! The screenshot below does NOT do it justice! And still lively after all these years. Some blog drafts age well. (Not the 30 or so I’ve already deleted!)

Curriculum Vitae -PDF- by =dizzia on deviantART

Screenshot of Greg Dizzia's visual resume which is a grid with his experience, by type, over time.


Curriculum Vitae -PDF- by =dizzia on deviantART

urriculum Vitae – Greg Dizzia

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE FULL VERSION PDF [link] – THE JPG DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO SHOWING YOU THESE DESIGNS

Here it is, the old moneymaker. This lists my history in the design world (some lesser clients have been left out) – Designed using univers exclusively. This is an appendage to a traditional resume, to be included as a forward page in my portfolio.

This took me about 15 hours.

Tools of the trade
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Coffee

Final Size
8.5 x 11.5 on extremely thick high grit paper.

Monday Video: exercises for tendonitis and carpal tunnel

Here is an evergreen draft resurrected from obscurity. A long time ago I used to post useful or interesting videos on Mondays. The habit didn’t stick and this one from 2008 is still useful!!

This is what I love about the web. Someone learns something they find useful, then they share it! YouTube – video podcast – exercises for tendonitis and carpal tunnel from David Kuckhermann

The nature of knowledge

Picture of a blueberry field in the autumn when the plants are red, with a blue sky in the background.
harvest time…

Dr. Fuzzy, aka John Bordeaux wrote some really cool blog posts about knowledge management, including this one from 2009. (YES, I’ve reached 2009 in my blog draft compost pile!) It was the last post on the Dr. Fuzzy blog. Alas, his second blog after Dr. Fuzzy ended in 2015. His current site is sparse at jbordeaux.com. Are you still blogging somewhere John? Anyway…

In his 2009 post he wonders about knowledge management, knowledge, assumptions and many other cool things. Worth a read if you are a KM geek. Still applicable.

Dr Fuzzy’s Weblog
In all honesty, while the ensuing discussion may appear “abstract” to some, the nature of knowledge should be at least partially understood if one is to consider themselves a practitioner of knowledge management.  Else, content yourself to the vital and growing field of information management – there is no shame in this whatsoever.