Scootering around in the outskirts of Savannah’s historic district Nina and I stumbled upon these 6 guys playing bicycle polo. Just loved it and stayed for a while to watch them. The sticks are mostly created out of old ski polls with a PVC pipe screwed to the end of it. Some of the bikes have plastic in their wheels …
Google+ Ecosystem Advantage
First thing I looked for when I tipped my toe into Google+ was how I can repost my Tweets. Back in the day I did that with Buzz and some rightfully say that is what killed Google Buzz, as people didn’t check back to see what is going on. I didn’t. Mmmh, what if I send my Tweets to Facebook, …
What Event Organizers can learn from Jerry’s Retreat
Adapted from my SAP Community Network Post: What SAP Inside Track Organizers can learn from Jerry’s Retreat Jerry Michalski has held his retreats where he invites eclectic people that want to make the world a better place to come together for an extended weekend with no fixed agenda for 14 years. That makes it one of the oldest and longest …
My Tweets from Jerry’s Retreat Second Day
Let me know whether the collection of my tweets from the Second Day of Jerry’s Retreat has value. I like to have them at one spot. The consensus in the room at the first evening was that people want to be asked first before they be quoted, which is too much effort and therefor doesn’t happen. I mostly tweeted around book/site …
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Notes from the Mother of all Unconferences Jerry’s Retreat
I am fortunate to be at Jerry Michalski’s invitation only retreat in Asheville this weekend. Jerry has organized these for 14 years and I would venture are the mother of all unconferences where the audience once arrived is mostly driving the agenda. One of the roots of it are Quaker meetings. He developed the format after being frustrated with the over …
Sandwich and Play
I love to play, I love to be active, but it is a challenge to carve out quality game time with your kids, friends and neighbors. For the kids we have the concept of play dates. The word alone makes my toes crawl. I just can’t get my act together to organize them. Alone the diplomatic mine field of which …
Support Whittemore Peterson Institute to get CFIDS Research Funding
Us as in the Whittemore Peterson Institute.They are doing the the oh so needed research to find a cure for Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS better known as CSF) the disease that is currently crushing the best wife of all. Even though Marie has may be 50% of the energy that she used to have, she is coping with …
TEDx as Indicator for a Region’s Future Prosperity
Making Savannah our new home, I got to think a lot about: What actually makes a city attractive a good place to live? Besides climate and proximity to family members, the second being our main reason for moving to Savannah, the economy and future prosperity of a region should be on top of the list for deciding where to live. …
Three Mile Island Cancer Impact Study muffled by court order!
You can’t trust what is currently officially reported about the Fukushima disaster. In 2009 at an 30 year Three Mile Island anniversary meeting Steven Wing who teaches epidemiology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill presented that a Columbia University study was court ordered not to report the evidence if the results were proofing impact of more than 0.01%. Here …
Osler’s Web the Chronic Fatique Syndrome Bible
If you want to know about the history and the current status of the research of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hillary Johnson’s well written book: Osler’s Web is the bible. Really great insight into the history and current state of research. You can get a great overview of the content by reading her 2009 speech in London.