During the past two nights I have been preparing the talk I will present at Northern Voice two weeks from today on February 19. After researching, reading through my delicious bookmarks file of posts and examining other notes, I wrote a summary and titled my talk Making Masks: Blogging as a Social Tool and Family […]
Entries from February 2005
Making masks: my talk at Northern Voice
February 6th, 2005 · 1 Comment
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The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
February 3rd, 2005 · 4 Comments
Read the Cliff Notes. In other words: I was disappointed by this book. After reading Liz Lawley’s piece social consequences of social tagging (including this quote On the other hand, I don’t share the optimism that so many of my colleagues in this field seem to have that the collective “wisdom of crowds†will always […]
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Stumbling Toward Faith by Renee Altson
February 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
Renee Altson is one of my favorite bloggers for the way she lays her soul out transparent for all to see. I admire her for her continued wrestling with faith and pursuit of God despite the intense pain in her life. Rape, betrayal, abuse, anger and sorrow all play a part in her story, described […]
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The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
February 3rd, 2005 · 5 Comments
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander also was listed as a favorite book by the Fedor family Christmas letter (specifically Katherine). I read it on a weekend for an escape; it was fast and fun. I haven’t read many books in this genre, and (so perhaps naturally?) this one reminded me a bit of […]
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It Could Happen to You by Martha Brockenbrough
February 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
I haven’t seen Martha Brockenbrough since our high school graduation. While in school we spent time together, especially running on the cross-country and track teams. I liked Martha. Many people liked Martha. She was witty and cute. She was smart. She was generous and kind. She had many talents. So I’ve been happy to hear […]
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