I was a bit overwhelmed with a ton of captivating articles in my Twitter feed earlier tonight. I wanted to get caught up on Twitter, so I just popped the most interesting looking articles open in my browser, then went back to TweetDeck to finish up. I’ve finally managed to blaze through reading all those links. Here’s what I learned…
Category Archives: Current Events
MUST-Read Weekend Links – SXSW, Google, iPad 2, Crazy-Busy, Android, DHH, Twitter and more!
Posted by swedegeek on March 13, 2011
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Report from Post-Mubarak Cairo (plus pictures!)
Posted by swedegeek on February 11, 2011
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My sister-in-law Jill has been living in Cairo for the past few years. That made an awesome excuse for taking a most memorable trip to Egypt back in 2008. But the recent protests and now subsequent resignation of Hosni Mubarak as the country’s president are the topic of this post.
Jill has been keeping the family back here in the States updated as much as she can. She has a good network of people there – both Egyptian and other expats – who had been keeping an eye on the volatile situation. Things were most concerning when the Internet was down and phone use was sketchy. But today she sent out a much more celebratory message about what’s going on in Cairo along with some photos. With her permission, I’m posting what she shared with us…
TEDx Lansing – Notes Summary
Posted by swedegeek on May 22, 2010
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Okay, I’ve got everything recorded in the appropriate posts as notes from the most excellent TEDx Lansing event today. It was a really great day with fantastic presentations. Tons of good thoughts and ideas for Lansing and all of Michigan. I certainly wasn’t perfect in recording things, whether omissions or inaccuracies, but I did what I could. Continue reading »
TEDx Lansing – Session 4
Posted by swedegeek on May 21, 2010
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TEDx Lansing – Session 3
Posted by swedegeek on May 21, 2010
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TEDx Lansing – Session 2
Posted by swedegeek on May 21, 2010
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Links to the other sessions: Session 1, Session 3, Session 4
Day broken out in “movements.” First session was culture. Now business.
In this session:
- Bob Fish – Random Entrepreneurial Thoughts
- Erik Qualman – The Future of Social Commerce
- Patrick Retzer – Lifelong Learning from 10,000 Feet
- Ross Emmett – Innovation is an Act of Love
TEDx Lansing – Session 1
Posted by swedegeek on May 21, 2010
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Links to the other sessions: Session 2, Session 3, Session 4
In this session:
- John Hill – Affiliation Nation: Powering Up TEDx Lansing’s Interconnectivity
- Justin “Bugsy” Sailor – Road tripping: A journey of people
- Sam Singh – Seven Continents, Seventeen Months
- Allie Merrick – ARTiculation, the Art of Speaking
I Am Ready For TEDx Lansing! Are You?
Posted by swedegeek on May 21, 2010
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Okay, I final got a chance to prep for tomorrow’s (now, later today’s) big event… TEDx Lansing! My grandiose plan is to actually try to both type AND post notes about the presentations during the event. We’ll find out how realistic this is tomorrow morning. But if it gets in the way or I’m terrible at being able to listen and post adequately, I’ll likely stop.
In any case, I’m pumped for the event. I prepped blog posts for the 4 separate sessions and that got me to look through the presenters again. It looks like a great line-up. So, I’ll be heading to the Wharton Center in the morning for the 9:00am (sharp!) start time. Three Internet-capable devices will be in tow and wi-fi will be provided, so hopefully I can at least get a few comments tossed through the tubes. You can use this post as an on-ramp to the other posts. Here’s a break down of the 4 sessions or go to the schedule page on the event site: Continue reading »
Lack of Leadership Skills Kills Mayor
Posted by swedegeek on January 22, 2007
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Everyone knows politics is a dangerous game to play. However, not many would consider being mayor in a village of 37 residents could be downright deadly. Yet, the mayor of a little town in Spain has found that to be the case. Continue reading »