I wrote a post almost a year ago, Leigh Anne Tuohy – “God gives people money to see how you’re going to handle it”.
This is by far my most popular post to date, accounting for over 3400 of the near 42,000 views I have received to date, so that almost ten percent of [...]
Daily Archives: October 17th, 2007
Leigh Anne Tuohy On The Rich and Superrich- “God gives people money to see how you’re going to handle it”
October 17, 2007 – 12:38
Some Tips on Twitter from a TWIT
October 17, 2007 – 11:24
I’ve been using Twitter for a couple of weeks now; my Twitter nom-de-guerre is http://twitter.com/daveshields.
Twitter has become one of the few social-networking web sites I try to visit daily, the most heavily-used is http://del.icio.us/daveshields, which I use to prepare my list of daily links to articles I find of interest.
I have found twitter to be [...]
Letter Of Thanks To David Brooks
October 17, 2007 – 10:14
I just sent the following to Peter Applebome of the NY Times:
Peter,
Following our conversation earlier today, in which I made mention of SSgt. Kyu Hyuk Chay and my projects “Fallen Soldiers” and the “Chay Project,” I have written and just published my latest post. Mention of those projects, as well as my suggestion that a [...]
The Army Honors Its Own, As Should We The People Of U.S.
October 17, 2007 – 09:39
A recent article in the New York Times by Elisabeth Bumiller, At an Army School for Officers, Blunt Talk About Iraq, says in part (emphasis added):
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Here at the intellectual center of the United States Army, two elite officers were deep in debate at lunch on a recent day over who [...]
links for 2007-10-17
October 17, 2007 – 01:18
ConsortiumInfo.org – OOXML Payback Time as Global Standards Work in SC 34 “Grinds to a Halt”
Open-standards, like open-source, is hard work, and you need dedicated folks to move it forward. Some newbies who were encouraged to join just to stuff the ballot box don’t seem up to the task Sigh…
(tags: open-source-governance open-standards microsoft open-source)
OSWeekly.com [...]
Tag For K12 Open Minds Conference 2007: k12openminds07
October 17, 2007 – 00:03
I just asked Steve Hargadon via twitter if there was an accepted tag for writing about the first national conference for educators and open-source experts on the use of open-source and other open technologies to help our nation’s educators in their vital mission.
Here it is:
k12openminds07
All who write or comment on this conference should use this [...]
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