Pattern Cognition

from posting while I re-think the ultimate goals of the blog.  Mostly topic and thematic centrality. The last couple of weeks (hence no postings) at work have been, to say the least, grueling.  Nearly all of my work related time has been background work for a strategic re-alignment for the main product offering and hence the company.

Expect to see more over the weekend.

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Is it ok to eat tofu turned blue from being in the microwave?

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Back from skiing, getting my stuff together for a trip to MPLS.

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• Shhh…working on a competitive analysis #

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(left hand raised)  I admit it, I do not think in linear progression.

Or I should say, frequently, I do not consciously think in linear progressions.  As a rule, I tend to think and process information either verbally, tactically (e.g. writing down initial thoughts and continuing via exploration), or through pictures: I draw insights and conclusions from time and dimensional disparate data.

Mind mapping tools are great for us non-linear, and/or picture centric information processors.  Here’s a short video from the father of mind mapping, Tony Buzon.

Want a free version of mind mapping software?

(hat tip to Mike Brown for this post’s inspiration)

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I guess Microsoft‘s OEMs (e.g. Dell, HP) pushed the issue hard enough.

From the social and online community world,  at HiveLive we still have to support IE6, much to the chagrin of our dev team.

So much for pushing forward with Vista

The article

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For some it is a robin.

For some it is golf clubs or mountain bikes.

For me this is truly the first sign of spring.

GO SOX!

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Just bought my 5 yr old his first set of lacrosse gear!

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• just signed the save IE6 petition, as should you. http://bit.ly/4G8eD #
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• snow starting to fall in Boulder #
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• Adage article sites examples of social media not leading the broader market http://bit.ly/OOP4O #
• Listening to Decemberist’s Crane’s Wife, great CD/Album, whatever you call it now #
• Canceling my trip to Web 2.0 , too bad, was really looking forward to the event #
• reading about Spigit’s new Director of Marcom http://bit.ly/1pV12u #
• Crazy – blizzard in Denver, sunny in Boulder, 30 miles difference #

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• Just bought my 5 yr old his first set of lacrosse gear! #
• Wow 3d has come a long way #
• Is Monsters and Aliens worth seeing in 3D? #
• As online channel r evolving into social mediums, is ur social marketing strategy becoming ur online strategy? #
• just signed the save IE6 petition, as should you. http://bit.ly/4G8eD #
• Got a kick out of today’s Awareness PR http://bit.ly/2aMJxO #
• snow starting to fall in Boulder #
• anybody use Squarespace? Thinking of moving my blog to their platform #
• Adage article sites examples of social media not leading the broader market http://bit.ly/OOP4O #
• Listening to Decemberist’s Crane’s Wife, great CD/Album, whatever you call it now #
• Canceling my trip to Web 2.0 , too bad, was really looking forward to the event #
• reading about Spigit’s new Director of Marcom http://bit.ly/1pV12u #
• Crazy – blizzard in Denver, sunny in Boulder, 30 miles difference #

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