Author Archives: KatHansen

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 →

“I don’t send postcards anymore; I send stories.” — commercial for MS Windows

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 →

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 →

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 →

I have been dying to blog about this phenomenon ever since Jennifer Warwick turned me on to it in mid-August. According to Trendwatching.com, “collecting, storing and displaying experiences is ready for its big moment. Trendwatching “has dubbed this emerging mega trend ‘LIFE CACHING’: collecting, storing and displaying one’s entire life, … Continue reading →

Oh, I hate it when blogs seem to be abandoned. The first sign may be when a whole month goes by with only one entry. But, for me August was quite an eventful month. I was offered a full-time teaching position at Stetson University and had very little time to … Continue reading →

I discovered Kairos a while back. Kairos, like me is interested in exploring intersections. To wit: “Kairos is a refereed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. Each issue presents varied perspectives on special topics.” Some of Kairos’s intersections intersect with my intersections of interest. I could … Continue reading →

Today I met Richard (Rick) Stone, founder of The StoryWork Institute. I was excited a couple of months back to discover that this pioneer of the organizational storytelling movement lives only about 40 minutes from me. He discovered storytelling in 1989 and has been using it in his consulting, speaking, … Continue reading →