Archive for the ‘interpersonal communication’ Category
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library moment
One minute ago, ten feet away, in the library:
Guy in his early twenties: Dude, where the **** is the card catalog?
Another guy: Dude, it’s all on the computer now.
First guy: [nondescript noise of disappointment]
This wouldn’t have struck me as funny, but it does for the following reasons:This individual, younger than me, remembers when we used [...]
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why bloggers should be better writers
Why bloggers should be better writers
by Nathan Howe for the Internet Marketers United Group Writing Project
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The internet is full of garbage. Anybody who has been online longer than five minutes knows that the information you want is a speck adrift in a sea of irrelevant content. As bloggers, it is [...] -
why facebook? why?
This is filed under pet peeves. Facebook is a decent site, certainly not as horrific as, say, MySpace. However, having a Facebook profile means that people can send me messages in at least three ways.
Here’s the bottom line: Don’t send me important messages through Facebook at all.
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Colombia
I just returned from a fantastic week in Colombia. Yes, that Colombia. I participated with a choir from our university in an international festival of sacred music during Holy Week. It was fantastic. I will not give an extensive travelogue at this point - I will only say that there are two Colombias: the one [...]
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state of the lds music union: overall analysis
Overall analysis:
Of course we have made progress, but I forsee that the next ten years will be significantly more challenging for the LDS music industry. There will be increased demand, but it will be fulfilled more and more by several small companies rather than a large Deseret/Seagull conglomorate. And Deseret will fight back, [...]