In a tweet last week, my old boss at SAP, Mark Yolton, who is now leading Digital at Cisco, challenged the SAP Mentors and me to analyze Cisco’s gamification efforts. What they have done looks very promising. Before I get into it, I would like to first share what I learned when I stumbled into gamification years before that term …
Broomsters to the Chalk Art?
This weekend there is an amazing Italian Street Painting Art festival going on in San Rafael. They started yesterday evening and I talked to one of the artists. She recommended to come on Sunday evening before 10 PM as then the art will be the best. Why before 10 PM? Because then the street sweeper will drive through and take …
Hero for a Day at the Maker Faire
Surgeon General’s Warning: This post contains light bragging proceed proread at your own risk. The Mecca for Makers, and a highlight of every May, is the Maker Faire at the San Mateo Convention Center. I love the tinkerer energy, the eclectic exhibitions of blinking lights, bicycle powered music, and the opportunity to try things out and geek out around all …
Good-Bye and Thank You for the …
Good-Bye and thank you for the fish Ukulele. As many of you know, I recently left SAP and, with it, the management of the SAP Mentors. I should quit more often, looking at the heart warming response I got from the community. I was floored when, a week ago, the friendly package delivery guy dropped off a beautiful ukulele. Thank you …
Asteroid on Collision Course with Earth discovered by [your name here] Space Telescope
Asteroids are nature’s way of asking: “How is your space program coming along.” Ed Lu One of the best Long Now talks ever was given by Ed Lu last year in June: Anthropocene Astronomy: Thwarting Dangerous Asteroids Begins with Finding Them There are Asteroids hurling towards us, some of them are as big as the one that wiped out the …
How you spend your minutes is how you spend your hours is how you spend your life
You are on this earth to live your own life. Create a checklist to make it easier for you to decide how to spend it. My first Medium Post
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Wealth a Living Systems Model
Update: Originally posted in 2011. To open up to a different view on our wealth and what we do with it, is so important, that I am reposting it. What motivates me to run Future Salons is the hope to find, promote and help implement patterns for a future that works for all. Our current socio-economic system, free market capitalism, …
5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
I presented at TEDx Creative Coast 5 Ideas for the 21st Century. I will share the video as soon as it is available. In the meantime check out the Cliff Notes and slides on http://aliveschools.org.
Real World Schools My Open Mike Future Salon Session
TED’s tag line is Ideas worth spreading. The Open Mike Future Salon’s tag line is Ideas worth further exploring. The format is the following: You present your idea for 5 minutes. It’s OK if your idea isn’t fully formed yet, present your current state. The next 5 minutes the audience asked questions or gives comments that may move your idea forward. …
Maker/Hacker Space best Training for Future Prosperity
Just came back from the energizing brainstorming session around creating a Maker/Hacker space in Savannah. Another great event organized by Jake and his team of the Creative Coast. Thanks. The energy in the room was high and the wish list got longer and longer. The audience was diverse from teenagers to retirees with sparkle in their eyes eager to tinker …