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… filling in the negative space with positively everything

Ghandi: Seven Sins

THE SEVEN SINS IN OUR WORLD:

1. WEALTH WITHOUT WORK.
2. PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE.
3. KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT CHARACTER.
4. COMMERCE WITHOUT MORALITY.
5. SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY.
6. WORSHIP WITHOUT SACRIFICE.
7. POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES.

- Mahatma Ghandi

Houston, We Have Lift-Off!

FINALLY got my blog back up! Thanks to my fellow Twit-kin who notified me that it was down. It’s so lovely to have people that you don’t even know watch your back … especially when some people you DO know are trying to shove a knife into it. (APAwho?)

I am so excited – my first workshop for the Houston Arts Alliance T3 “Tech Tools & Tips” Series is tomorrow and it’s SOLD OUT! (http://t3workshops.eventbrite.com/) I can’t wait to engage people in one of my passions: using social media and Web 2.0 tools to help non-profits and artists promote themselves and their work, grow audiences and community, build capacity, and all that good stuff. This will serve as a launchpad for my permanent transition to consulting for non-profit organizations and artists. It marries three things I want to sculpt my life around: doing good work/helping people realize their dreams and goals; developing a creative and supportive community of like-minded individuals; and creating a career that allows me to be creative and nerdy (and mobile!) all at the same time.

It’s so good to finally share my knowledge and expertise with people who actually respect it, want to learn from it, and appreciate that I’m sharing it with them in the first place. It seems like I’ve been trying to help the wrong people all these years.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-12

  • friend’s thesis: “American culture steers people towards mediocrity.” basically, if you’re competent, you get dumped on w/o raise or praise #
  • @michaelcummings thanks for the follow…and the BarCampHouston pics! http://tinyurl.com/6o6py8 #
  • @CharlesGnilka re:thesis, i don’t know. i’ll ask if she’s published it yet; or if she can provide a list of resources. ain’t it the truth? #
  • @labanjohnson hm..maybe you haven’t been as burned? she doesn’t claim “one” root of mediocrity, though: just incompetence stifles competence #
  • @makiten thanks for the follow – great meeting you at BarCampHouston – let me know if i can help you with BarCamp San Antonio :-) #
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