Heading down a new path. Feeling appreciation for those who built the trails we tread. Feeling hopeful that I can live up to their dreams, and leave my place better than I found it. John. .
There’s Always Grad School
August is back-to-school time (unless you’re in Minnesota, then it’s one-last-trip-UpNorth time). Two months on my new job trail and things are looking up, but if the usual suspects don’t come through, there’s always the option to go back to school. Source: Online-PhD-Programs.org .
What Makes a Great Planner?
The Planning Institute of Australia—counterpart to our American Planning Association—is asking its members a simple question: What Makes a Great Planner? Kristy Kelly, PIA’s CEO, shared their inquiry on the LinkedIn APA discussion group recently. As I’ve worked through my job search, I’ve asked myself the same question, and also how I might apply the […]
An Intervention in the Cult of Expertise: Noreena Hertz and Eyes Wide Open
This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally ignorant – do not believe [that I know anything]. – Socrates, in Plato’s Apology The more I learn, the less I know. This is the age of “Big Data”, with a priesthood of experts […]
No Depression’s Crowdsourced Top 2011
[v=P37xPiRz1sg] My Top Tunes of 2011 is still sorting itself out (it is still 2011 through the end of next week). [Edit: JC’s Top Tunes of 2011] No Depression‘s community ning, however, is amazingly well organized for a self-organizing successor to the successful music magazine. The wranglers there solicited and sorted thru about 200 different […]
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