One year ago today, Triiibes – the community Seth Godin conjured up, was formed. It’s been indescribable being part of a community of people who are way smarter than me. It was even nicer to meet a fellow Triiiber in person the other day. Bernd was on his way back to Japan and we had [...]
Archive | July, 2009
ADVENTURES IN CUSTOMER SERVICE: COOKIE CRUMBS LEFT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA TRAIL
It’s a new game. There’s a commercial currently on TV featuring Hansel and Gretel in an urban landscape. The bread crumbs they leave behind are eaten by pigeons, crushed into oblivion under foot traffic, and washed down a sewer grate. Fortunately, Gretel then thinks to consult her smart phone in order to map the way [...]
CONSIDERING A STAYCATION WITH HOTEL MINNEAPOLIS AND RESTAURANT MAX
Note: In portions of this post we’re exploring a new blogging tool, Apture, which finds and embeds relevant links and multi-media content. Apture “thinks” like I and lots of others do, in more of a web-like (which is appropriate, I suppose), rather than linear, fashion. The best way to describe Apture is that it enables [...]
CHANGE DOESN’T COME FROM THE TOP
Patricia of Patricia’s Wisdom, one of our favorite visitors to Passing Thru, has put up two great summaries of ideas from Agenda for a New Economy, by David Korten. You can find them here (Understanding Agenda for a New Economy) and here (The Case for Eliminating Wall Street). She found so much that was interesting [...]
MORE FROM LINMAR GARDENS
You’ll remember that we visited Linmar Gardens, the home of my Uncle Bob and his partner Hal, in Galena, Illinois in June. Bob and his twin sister, my Aunt Mary, were marking their 80th birthday. While their birthday celebration was the main occasion, we were treated to a detailed tour of the gardens with Uncle [...]
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