Musings

Phases of Learning

December 9, 2010

I get ridiculously impatient with myself when I’m learning something new. Some madness within has me believe that as soon as I decide I want to know something, I should be masterful at it. Like the decision alone is some kind of download of adequate information and experience… I loved watching Trinity download the pilot [...]

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Friendship 3.0

November 26, 2010

I was at a Social Media event the other night and one of the people I was chatting with was talking about her daughter’s 600 friends on Facebook. She was lamenting trying to explain to her daughter that she didn’t actually have 600 “friends.” It got me thinking about friends and how we develop our [...]

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Making friends with my muse

September 2, 2010

I decided it was time to get friendly with my muse. Instead of ignoring the usually inconvenient timing of her nudges to write, I thought I’d find ways to respond. I bought a voice recorder and started carrying it around with me, recording the blasts of inspiration as they arise. I had to then discipline [...]

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