A Travel Power-Site You Should Know About
Serendipity is a beautiful thing. I was trying to book some travel for next week, and was having trouble finding a reasonable itinerary. Then I stumbled upon a podcast David Weinberger did with the...
View ArticleAn important message about airport security
Here is an excellent post from the New York Times Jet Lagged blog. In it, Patrick Smith, a commercial pilot, systematically dissects the current state of airport security, arguing persuasively that...
View ArticleWaiting for the call to come in
A few weeks ago I was traveling in the northwest of England and I had an occasion to take a cab from my hotel to the office where I was working. The taxi driver who picked me up was very upset. He...
View Article"Once Upon a Nation" teaches history through storytelling
My family went to Philadelphia for the US Independence Day weekend. Among other activities, we visited thirteen storytelling benches arrayed around the historic district. At these locations,...
View ArticleFrom The Mistake Bank: a comic mistake story (it’s funny, too)
Please click the picture to view in a larger size. There are lots of ways to tell a story. One perhaps underappreciated way is via comics–a narrative combination of words and drawings. Comics artist...
View ArticleDOPPLR – a fascinating tool to enable serendipity
In 1996, I was wandering down a street in Kansas City when I unexpectedly ran into an old colleague of mine. It was a delightful encounter. We spent ten minutes or so catching up and reminiscing about...
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