New Sport?

So, I ran across this today and it really made me laugh. I had to post it on the rant. The japanese sure do come up with creative games. Enjoy - dv

Stuff White People Like - Macs

My friend Dave pointed me to this blog and I had to rant on it! Especially the one about Macs. As a white person who uses a MacBook Pro (dual-booting with Vista 64 and Leopard, and drives a VW Jetta) I think this is totally hilarious and all to true! I have often thought the same thing. I see people hanging out in coffee shops, checking their emails, looking at their pictures and surfing the web. All on a machine that costs at least $500 more than a PC laptop that could do the exact same thing (especially when the email is gmail). I have come to the conclusion that having a Mac is a status symbol more than anything else. I bet that 90% of the people who own Macs use them for the three things I just mentioned and not a whole lot else. Steve Jobs is a genius in the fact that he has created a brand that sells based on the guise that it is 'more intuitive to use' and gets away with charging 50% more. Anyway, check out the blog...

Adoption Story

I ran across an interesting article today that caught my interest enough that I thought I would rant on it. Since adoption is near and dear to my heart any time I see a story like this I pause and read it. This is truely incredible what these people have done. A small church of 200 or so adopted 72 'of the most abused and neglected foster children in Texas'. Talk about walking the walk. Although they are having hardships, those kids are way better off than what they would have been, due to the sacrifice of a church. Amazing... Yet another confirmation of what I need to be focusing on. Quite simply 'not me'.

Hurricane Video

I met a new guy at work last week. His name is Darren Howard and he entered this video in the 'Jimmy Needham Cover Contest'. I thought it was pretty cool and really enjoyed the fact that he did most of it by himself. Anway, check it out....




Oh yeah - he won....

The Advent Conspiracy

Ran across this today from a friend on facebook.  Not only did I think the message was appropriate, but it really appealed to me from a presentation (visualization) point of view.  I think that Garr would like it also...  Anyway, enjoy!

The next evolutionary step of the mobile device

iPhone, step aside, there is a new device in town.

;)

Enjoy! dv

StickySorter

Well, once again I ran across a cool little application that I think has some pretty cool potential. The app is from Microsoft Office Labs and it is called 'StickySorter'. Although I don't do this a lot, I do have times when I need to hold a brainstorming session for some larger groups. Typically, I have what I call a 'Post-it Party', the real name for the technique is called the 'Nominal Group Technique'. Using this technique, everyone in the meeting has a little stack of Post-it notes that they write down their ideas on. Once they have a few written down, everyone takes turns bringing them up to the front and reading them (one at a time) and then posting them on the appropriate 'theme' on the board. If there isn't a theme that matches their note, then they create a new theme. When the meeting is done, the organizer gets the daunting job of transcribing it all out.

What StickySorter does is all that only on your computer, with the ability to reorganize on the fly and then export it out when complete. Pretty plain and simple, but has the ability to bring in some real efficiency. Check it out if you ever have the job of leading a brainstorming session!