December 2011
1 post
From the Garden to the City Blog Tour: John Dyer... →
July 2011
8 posts
7 Evernote Resources You May Not Know About →
When it comes to Evernote, I am a hopeless fanboy. It has become an indispensable part of my productivity tool box. I use it as much as I use email or my calendar.
While it is easy enough to get started with Evernote, it is a program that is incredibly deep and rich. Just when I think I have mastered it, I discover a new tip or trick. In addition, the company regularly issues new updates...
Ten Principles to Live by in Fiercely Complex... →
If you’re like most people I work with in companies, the demands come at you from every angle, all day long, and you have to make difficult decisions without much time to think about them. What…
How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking - Peter Bregman... →
RELEVANT Magazine - Helping Christian Artists... →
Time for a workflow audit →
Go find a geek. Someone who understands gmail, Outlook, Excel and other basic tools. Pay her to sit next to you for an hour and watch you work. Then say, “tell me five ways I can save an hour a…
Bad poetry →
There’s a lot of it. One reason: it’s easy to become a poet. Easy to announce you’re a poet, easy to get a pencil and a paper, easy to publish your work online. There’s a lot of bad tweeting, bad…
Google’s Six-Front War →
Editor’s note: Guest contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer internet, and social networks. He is based in Palo Alto and you can follow him on…
The Email Charter: an idea worth spreading →
Can anything be done to ease the stress of our ever-growing email in-boxes? TED’s Curator Chris Anderson has been thinking about the problem and today is launching an Email Charter to try to…
June 2011
2 posts
The Larger an Organization Gets… →
Bad leadership is bad leadership. It’s usually easy to recognize.
It’s easier, however, to hide bad leadership in an organization, which isn’t growing. (I wrote recently that it’s easy…
The Best Post-Exercise Drink: Chocolate Milk -... →
May 2011
2 posts
Caring →
No organization cares about you. Organizations aren’t capable of this. Your bank, certainly, doesn’t care. Neither does your HMO or even your car dealer. It’s amazing to me that people are…
This Has to Be the Worst Baby Name Ever →
An Israeli couple has named their newborn daughter “Like” after the “like” button on Facebook. This comes only several weeks after an Egyptian couple named their baby “Facebook.” The…
April 2011
4 posts
Want To Become A Design Pro? Get Yourself Some... →
Oh boy! This has gotten me pretty excited today!
Every designer knows that it can be really handy to have some sexy icons to hand to use in design, whether it be for print or web. The good…
Creativity: Looks vs Content →
As a creative, I love to invent and modify things. The status quo can be boring, and I love to put my unique signature on most things that leave my desk. I’ve learned though, that my creativity is…
Kent's Reader →
Kent’s Reader
Leadership, Technology and Blogs
Brad Lomenick Don Miller Blog Ron Edmondson CatalystSpace | Articles CatalystSpace | Catablog Michael Hyatt’s Blog TED Blog …
How to Better Control Your Time by Designing Your... →
You have a choice in life. You can either live on-purpose, according to a plan you’ve set. Or you can live by accident, reacting to the demands of others. The first approach…
March 2011
1 post
Four Principles for Crafting Your Innovation... →
Think big, start small, fail quickly, scale fast.
November 2010
2 posts
The Gentle Art of Conversational Ping Pong →
The Space Between the Stimulus and the Response →
October 2010
1 post
How to Guide a Team Through Conflict →
Yesterday morning I caught the news story that the miners trapped in a Chilean mine will likely be rescued this week. It has been two months since the accident that trapped the miners more…
March 2010
28 posts
Tonight, Stoke On Trent! →
Tonight, Stoke On Trent!
marshillorg: Day 26 - Call your city hall or... →
marshillorg: Day 26 - Call your city hall or neighborhood association and ask what the most pressing needs in your community are #LentCal
The Basic Christian: John Stott →
Christians shaped during the 70s and 80s are more often than not shaped by John R.W. Stott. I know I was. It may be a sign of aging to be disappointed when I mention Stott and the person…
Comic for March 14, 2010 →
Apparently, There's a Record for a House of Cards →
An American architect has broken the Guinness Book of World Records record for largest house of cards. The model of the Venetian Macau hotel consists of almost 220,000 playing cards, all…
Mark Driscoll :: Edition 92 →
Mark Driscoll, teaching and found pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, speaks honestly about multi campus sites, social media and equipping leaders through the Acts 29 Network.
03.12.10 :: Tim Burton and Johnny Depp →
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp :: Plus, Chris Staples performs live, the week’s news and entertainment, and much more …
Conan's Twitter Personalities →
If you’re only following one of Conan’s Twitter accounts, you’re missing out on all the Twitter-liciousness the man has to offer …
Jamie Cullum – The Pursuit →
Mind the cover art: In the image that adorns his new album The Pursuit, piano man Jamie Cullum stares nonchalantly forward as his chosen instrument bursts into shrapnel behind him. Of course, it’s a…
Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns →
Gary Lauder’s new traffic sign: Take Turns
www.ted.com Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for…
WWJE? Food choices are theological →
Making God’s reign visible here and now with our food choices.
NOOMA Story | Daniel →
Denver, CO
Do you find yourself knowing the Gospel but not living it out with excitement? Listen to Daniel’s story as the realization of a personal relationship with his Creator comes to life.
1st John 1 →
Guy Pfanze
The Five Marks of Authentic Leadership →
Many people have written on what it means to be a leader. Almost everyone identifies influence as the primary characteristic. By definition, this means that leadership and position are two…
York Moore - Turning From Darkness to Light →
Evangelist York Moore presents the invitation to follow Jesus at Urbana 09.
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide →
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide
www.ted.com At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for “raw data now” — for governments, scientists and institutions…
Mars Hill - Storms and Fish - Rob Bell - Audio →
New Life Midway - Love Stops #4: The Hole in Your... →
New Blog, New Series →
Thursday of this week this entire blog will change. It will have a new look, a new user interface, a resource center where you can get lectures (both video and audio) and more…
marshillorg: Day 17 - Slow down today and do... →
marshillorg: Day 17 - Slow down today and do everything very deliberately. Drive slowly, walk slowly, talk slowly, and eat slowly #LentCal
Academy Award Picks →
It was a pretty good year for movies considering there is no money in Hollywood. I think The Hurt Locker was the best movie of the year, followed by An Education. Jeff Bridges…
The Missional Church Made Simple →
A two minute explanation of the missional church by Jeff Maguire. Pretty good for two minutes. HT Todd Hiestand.
15 YouTube Killer Features of 2025 →
In the year 2025, perhaps we’ll be seeing: 1. YouTube Super Zoom What it is: When watching a video, you can press the pause button and zoom in on smaller stuff you see in the background. For…
Blind Person Plays Through Zelda →
A boy in Ontario has finally beaten The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. No big deal … except he’s blind. He was able to beat it after asking people for help online (video embedded below)….
Interview with Seth Godin →
Last week I had the opportunity to connect with Seth Godin to talk leadership. Here’s a recording of our conversation. It’s less than 15 minutes, so I’d encourage you to pause and be…
Why Authors, Agents, and Publishers Should Embrace... →
Since Google introduced its Book Search program, we have been fielding questions from authors and agents. They are concerned that Google has scanned their books and the results are showing up in…
Facebook is Pageview King →
If there was any doubt in your mind then let the above graph speak to your soul: Facebook, in terms of pageviews, is killing it.
What does one do when they are so far ahead of everyone…
Decide….Now! →
As leaders, we have to be decisive. Indecision can be a killer inside of organizations. A few thoughts on being decisive:
1. Do Your Homework- great decisions are usually the result of being…
February 2010
8 posts
Comic for February 23, 2010 →