I’m reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers book. He could write about cow dung and make it interesting. This one caught my eye because he asks what it takes to be really good — no, GREAT — at something. I’m facing that most with my kids. What should I encourage them to do; [...]
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The end of the year is always a busy time. In addition to the obvious Christmas and New Years celebrations, travel, and requisite events, we have two birthdays (my son’s and mine) to celebrate, kids tracked out of school, and now supposed inclement weather (although in NC, when it’s forecast, you can usually count on [...] Getting back to some of the many presentations I saw at conferences in the past month. I am still digesting all the stuff I’ve seen, and I selfishly feel that I have benefited more than I’ve helped others this month. But in rational moments, I realize that this helps others in the long run. Very [...] Working with The Boy’s Tee Ball team tonight. We’ve really been working on his throwing. Hold the ball high. Step — throw — follow through. Sometimes he does; sometimes he doesn’t. Tonight for the first time, we seemed to have a breakthrough. There was even an occasional ‘POP!’ in pop’s glove. Then we had a slide [...] Been a long time. I’ll get back to it. Promise. Did have the thrill of attending Edward Tufte’s last week. I’ll have more about the seminar later, but I snapped this picture in the lobby. I was left wondering what message I should take away from this. When I went in to [...] Watched an interaction at a meeting today that was really quite humorous. A person with laptop in tow was being asked direct questions by another person. One question sparked a lightbulb that only Google could answer. So laptop popped open and attention was turned to its display. Party #2 with questions to ask seemed taken [...] My 5-year-old son watched his cousin play in a basketball game. She was the largest and most athletic girl on the court, scored 22 of her team’s 26, and led them to an emphatic victory. His comments revealed the impression it made on him, especially in light of his own league starting later in the [...] Spent the weekend looking through a viewfinder as the videographer at a friend’s daughter’s wedding. One of the tips I got long ago about videography is to put the camera on the level you want things to be seen at. For kids, especially, this means shooting from ground level or near to it. Kids see [...] |
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