My New Year’s resolution for 2006 is to blog regularly!
Yearly Archives: 2005
Pitch-A-Story in the College Classroom
My business-communication students played Pitch-a-Story at the end of the fall 2005 semester and really enjoyed it. Students found it applicable to job interviewing in that the game helped them develop their abilities to think on their feet. Next semester, I’ll have students play the game during the time they’re … Continue reading
How Do Bloggers Prevent Spam? Updated
In an earlier version of this entry, I said that my blogging experience was being ruined by spammers who attacked the blog with spammy “comments” and phony trackback pings. I wondered how other bloggers dealt with these attacks. I think I know. I explored Movable Type’s features enough to now … Continue reading
Pitch-a-Story Is on the Market!
Rick Stone’s story-pitching game, Pitch-a-Story, is now available. Way to go, Rick!
The New Life Stories Writing Process
Found an interesting intersection between journaling and storytelling at a site called New Life Stories. The gist of the process is to use journaling to work through loss, fear, and uncertainty. Writes the site’s author (presumably Ellen Moore, PhD, whose name appears at the bottom of the page): “In a … Continue reading
The Story of You
My local newspaper, the Orlando Sentinel, has launched an ad campaign called The Story of You. Perhaps the story aspect is why I’ve been a newspaper reader since age 7, when I read a certain piece of information about Santa Claus in Dear Abby. I consider newspaper reading one of … Continue reading
More Recognition of the Value of Storytelling
“I don’t send postcards anymore; I send stories.” — commercial for MS Windows
Life Caching, Part IV
Trendwatching.com has a wonderful quote in its Life Caching article, but it’s not atttributed. I’d love to know who said it: “Human beings (fueled by vanity, by a need to raise their self-worth, by their desire for validation, for control, for immortality) love to collect and store possessions, memories, experiences, … Continue reading
Life Caching (Part III) Is All About Storytelling
Trendwatching.com devotes many words in its article on Life Caching to capturing stories in photos, reminding me of Martin Kimeldorf and his book, Digital Photo Journal. Kimeldorf says his book “is about interacting with your own pictures in the form of a journaling response and includes the notion of photoblogging … Continue reading
Life Caching, Part II
Will this “ovum drive” solve my problems? Trendwatching.com talks about services like Google’s Gmail offering massive amounts of free storage and memory sticks that can store up to 1 GB* of content that are being worn on lanyards as a fashion accessory. (*actually, some can store even more). The week … Continue reading