Another gem from the Spark podcast. Listen to this 3 minute story about the Ukulele Project. [display_podcast] There are so many powerful ideas packed into this story. Geography is largely eliminated from the learning equation. These stories continue to emerge from isolated communities that realize there are opportunities to be found and are willing to find them. ...

This is presentation season for me. 7 in 12 days at 4 different conferences. I’m nearly done. 4 of the 7 were ones I’d done previously but three were brand new. Here’s the link to my presentation on Disruptions. I presented this Monday at the IT Summit in Saskatoon and again Friday at the Palm Beach Technology Conference. Totally stolen but also...

I’m just back from the IT Summit conference. In general, it was an outstanding conference in many respects. People Without trying to list the names of everyone, it’s apparent for most users of social media that face to face gathering times have changed in the past few years. I used to go to conferences and mingle with local colleagues and a few others...

The IT Summit conference offered a great chance for Rick, Alec , Rob and I (we’re still waiting for Heather to return) to gather with some friends – Kathy Cassidy, Dean Loberg (time to start blogging again, Dean), Kyle Lichtenwald and Clarence Fisher – at Winston’s Pub for food, refreshments and a great conversation. Mixed in with some laughter, and...

So that fact that your birthday is splattered in any number of places means some interesting things.  We get all kinds of well wishes from different spaces. It’s nice. It’s part of the glue of social networks, little bits of sharing to build community. My life is pretty much an open book. For some that’s just too weird, dangerous or stupid. It...