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An Open Letter to My Facebook Followers

com·mu·ni·ca·tion: noun - A process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior; also: exchange of information.

 
Communicating in the Internet Age results in information that is communicated instantly, pervasively, and permanently. Communication methods, tools, and styles have also grown exponentially as the Internet has made so many new options available to us. In this millieu of communications, Facebook has become one of the primary tools by which people now communicate with one another via the Internet, but its owners think that it is more than a tool. They think it should be THE tool for online communication, which is why I have chosen to begin using it in a creatively odd way to make it just a tool once more.  Keep reading for more detail...

The Experience Economy and the New Rich

The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage by Gilmore and Pine has quickly become one of my favorite books, alongside another very popular book, The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris. Both books feature what I believe to be some of the more unique, and applicable, thinking about the world in the new millennium that we find ourselves now a part of in everyday life. Let me describe to you, briefly, why:

Curious Ohio Metrics

ColumbusUnderground.com recently ran an article about a LibraryJournal.com study which ranked The Columbus Public Library #2 in the nation for overall quality in terms of large library systems.  I have written before about how much I love the Columbus Public Library system, but is my love misplaced?  Curiously, Ohio has a lot of highly ranked library systems, but we fail when it comes to many other literacy and education related metrics: education level, reading proficiency, crime levels, and unemployment percentage.  Why is this?

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