Mar 30, 2010 Posted by Bruce

Toastmasters for Techies

About a month ago I started attending a new group forming now in Grand Rapids called “ Toastmasters for Techies”.  I had heard of “Toastmasters” many times in the past as a group that had been around for a long long time to help people get better at speaking in public.  Today in 2010, Toastmasters has served over four million people and is growing all the time – case in point being this... read more

Mar 19, 2010 Posted by Bruce

Candyland, LCR, and Warstorm

If “Candyland, LCR, and Warstorm” was a Jeopardy answer, my question of the day would be “Name three games that seem really fun when you start playing them, but quickly fade when you start thinking about them.” Candyland is a game that probably everyone has heard of.  Now 60 years old, it is probably the first board game that children start playing. A child really only need to know their... read more

Mar 12, 2010 Posted by Bruce

Book Review: Think and Make It Happen

Think and Make it Happen, by Dr. Augsto Cury, caught my eye because of the catchy title, interesting premise, and seemingly lofty claims. Who doesn’t want to eliminate their fears, master emotions, release creativity and even "reinvent your entire life". What follows in the book are some interesting ideas and tools for dealing with your inner self, but unfortunately it falls short of being... read more

Mar 10, 2010 Posted by Bruce

One Month of No Fast Food or Drive Thru

I tweeted earlier that I had now officially gone one month without fast food or drive thru, and that my goal is to keep this up.  I “went public” with this achievement and goal for a couple reasons.  The first is the most obvious, and selfish, reason – I need to put it out there so other people can hold me accountable for doing this and give me some well deserved ridicule should I slip back... read more

Mar 10, 2010 Posted by Bruce

What is hypervideo anyway?

If you know me or follow this blog at all you will probably know a few things about me: 1) I really like working with the latest technology and 2) I have a long history with Education and Learning.  It just so happens that a project I am working on now, that is using some “cutting edge” technology, takes me back about 18 years to a project I worked on in the summer of 1992.  I am talking... read more