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As you may recall, I've given up recreational web surfing for my Strategic Change I class. I've gone one whole week without the digital crutch. How's it been? Well... The department assistant of my degree program wants to recruit me to help with their site. I don't suppose, technically, that would qualify as recreational web

"Ah, poor thing! How did you break your arm?" "I had to fight for the last Twinkie." "No, really..." "It was a rough day shopping." "Ah, c'mon..." "Someone had to fight off the horde of angry, Harley bikers as the royal family made its escape." "I mean it! What did you do?" "I fell down

Okay, I've slipped a few times, but they've been small, glancing blows off the Internet. Kath sent me a link to her new hat, and I had to check it out. It was an accident, I didn't think about NOT clicking. Grrrrr. After that, I nearly checked out the political funnies that JZ sends me,

Me: "I think the crisis communication plan is flawed. In that scenario, there's no way a virus could be passed through the content management system onto the external site. There's no reason to shut that server down." Boss's Boss: "In a crisis, you have to shut down everything. You don't have time for a decision

As part of my first graduate class, Strategic Change I, we're learning how employees react to various changes in companies' strategic direction and how these companies manage change processes. My instructutor feels that we can't really know or understand change unless we go through a personal change experiment ourselves. So our first assignment is to

I just read Seth Godin's article at Fast Company, You Are Your References where he talks about how on-line life and digital footprints affect how potential employers see their employees. Everything from comments on Amazon to rants at Epinions could be considered. I appreciate that the scope of his article was limited to employment, but

I've been shocked today by an influx of Peep knowledge. One, La Cabeza, had no idea what a Peep was when it was mentioned during lunch. I can't imagine growing up in this country and NOT KNOWING about Peeps. That's on the order of never trying pizza or not learning how to drive. Mind-blowing. LaCa,

I have arrived in Paris, but still remain an American geek. Paris is a big mirror that doesn't let me escape that image. No way...observe the following conversation upon exiting the Paris Metro: T: "Where is it? The largest structure in Paris and we've managed to lose it. Great! Let's cross the street." K: (After

She: "You're not taking your iPod to Paris? What if you need to bludgeon someone to death?" Me: "Well, I plan to buy a bagette to carry around. For self defense." She: "Oooooooooooooooh, if that happens, then I want a picture!" Me: "I'll let my photog know."

"Did you hear about the iPod murder?" "My Gaud! Well, that's one first I won't be a part of. Darn..." "Heh. Remind me not to piss you off while you have your iPod in hand." "Always a good idea...hmmmm, at least she killed him with a full-sized iPod. Can you imagine how long it would've