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Validation – A Short Film

Elwin Witzke — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:05:40 +0000

I love this short film called “Validation”. I first saw it a couple of years ago and just wanted to share it again.

Well worn books

Elwin Witzke — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:43:54 +0000

Has technology turned these books into a relic of the past, never to be read again?

College Conspiracy

Elwin Witzke — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:15:15 +0000

This is terrible. I remember when I went to college and I did not have to mortgage my future.

Musicians and their audience

Elwin Witzke — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:59:38 +0000

When musicians connect with their audience, the result is a better experience for all.

An oasis in a parched land

Elwin Witzke — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:02:03 +0000

I’ve just been spending some time with our daughter at The House of James Christian Bookstore in Abbotsford. What a great place. It has something for every stage and part of your life.

It’s so wonderful that we still have stores like this among the masses of media and materialistic things pumped into our lives. If you’re in need of refreshing and uplifting input to your life, visit your neighborhood Christian bookstore.

Raise Your Corporate Engagement – A Guide to social media

admin — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:51:18 +0000

Trevor Cook has published a great read on Social Media “Social Media or how I learned to stop worrying and love communication – The Power of Web 2.0″. It is free to download. Download it, print it (if you are so inclined) and make some action plans for your organization. The article covers blogging, podcasting and RSS, including examples of organizations using these tools for increase communications.

The big benefits of these technologies will come when organizations embrace these tools within their enterprises.

Seatbelts save lives

admin — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:49:05 +0000

Wearing your seatbelt can save your life or reduce the injuries you may sustain in a motor vehicle crash. With all the knowledge we have, why is seatbelt use not at 100%? Maybe putting this sticker in every automobile will change that.

Take a break from your Blackberry

admin — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:58:00 +0000

For everyone who lives by their Blackberry, here is a novel way to get some breathing time. Gizmodo reports on a Chicago hotel that offers to lockup your Blackberry. This is another way of accountability to allow you to get some freedom from that little device.

From Reuters

HP cuts back on telecommuting

admin — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:04:27 +0000

Who would have thought. HP a leader in so many things, is withdrawing from telecommuting. This is such a short sighted move and is sure to cause many high performing individuals to look for alternative employment.

With gas prices ever increasing, increase pollution from moving people from one place to another, just so they can be in the same room and the decreasing amount of time parents have to spend with their families, this is just a no-win strategy.

The benefits of telecommuting have been documented for several years now. If there is a problem, it is most likely with people management skills of those involved with staff hwo are telecommuting. Having staff all in one place is not going to solve that problem.

The Torn-Up Credit Card Application

admin — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:28:00 +0000

Rob at Cockeyed.com tested the safeguards credit card companies have against identify theft and fraudulent card applications. The Torn-Up Credit Card Application is a step by step account of how all the warning signs were ignored on a credit card application.

For some more fun and interesting times, check out the other areas on his site.

MySpace acts to calm teen safety fears

admin — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:01:04 +0000

The Financial Times reports that Myspace is stepping up efforts to remove objectionable material from its hugely popular social networking site. MySpace acts to calm teen safety fears talks about the challenges of keeping the site open yet not scaring off “advertisers”!

MySpace.com, the fast-growing community website hugely popular with American teens, has removed 200,000 “objectionable” profiles from its site

It’s a start. Myspace has been under fire from parents and educators for the amount of personal information that teens are able to post in public. Students are being warned to not post personal information that can be used to track down an individual. However with Myspace growing unabated, stronger tactics will need to be taken to ensure the safety of the site.

With 66m users, and 250,000 new users signing up every day, MySpace has become one of the top internet destinations.

But how do you validate 250,000 new users per day?