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Swing Teaching Resume
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Swing Dynamite
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Dilbert Industrial psychology at work.

Joel on Software Trying to write software right.

43 Folders Business productivity ideas

Topic: Thinking Link Get to France - Thanks to Google!
11:33am MST, 3 May 2007

Google is so helpful. Google maps will even tell you how to get from Canada to France! Check out step #23.


Topic: Technology Remember BeOS?
08:56am MST, 23 Apr 2007

No? Well, some people do. A few years back, there was a great operating system called BeOS that began to make waves in the multimedia set. A small number of geeks just loved it. And a project to recreate the defunct operating system is getting close to releasing a fully functional, free version of BeOS.

Keep reading—Remember BeOS?...


Topic: Thoughts Bruce Lee, Ballroom and Win-Win Conflict Resolution
09:52pm MST, 6 Mar 2007

I studied martial arts for years. Often I've had people make comments to me about how fighting and (partner) dance are "so different" because one is about conflict and the other about harmony. But really it's all the same. The difference is that harmony is much more challenging in martial arts.

Keep reading—Bruce Lee, Ballroom and Win-Win Conflict Resolution...


Topic: World A Brief History of Victorian Art
02:46pm MST, 5 Feb 2007

We recently receiving feedback on our Swing Dynamite promotional material from someone who complained that the work "sucks" was sexually explicit. This is "sucks" as in "I should take classes because my dancing sucks." I'm sure that most of the millions of six-year-olds who use this term do not mean it in a sexual way. It's a fascinating example of how vulgarity is in the eye of the beholder, and the more sexually-minded you are, the more obscene things seem to you. This all reminds me of the history of Victorian art.

Keep reading—A Brief History of Victorian Art...


Topic: World John Poole Passes Away
07:12pm MST, 29 Jan 2007

My great-uncle passed away Monday, January 22nd 2007. I wish I'd gotten to know him better.

Keep reading—John Poole Passes Away...


Topic: Thoughts Four Reasons You Might Suck At Something
07:58am MST, 26 Jan 2007

As a teacher, there's one major question I keep trying to answer: why some people succeed so readily, and others have so much trouble, at improving the same skill. I think we can break it down into four reasons.

Keep reading—Four Reasons You Might Suck At Something...


Topic: Business Being Really, Really Good
07:32am MST, 10 Jan 2007

It's amazing. Sometimes you don't know just how good a person can get at something until you watch the person who's the very best.

Keep reading—Being Really, Really Good...


Topic: World Link Happiness Makes You Smarter!
02:54pm MST, 21 Dec 2006

It's the essence of religious ecstacy and enlightenment. Chassidic Jews know it, Tibetan Buddhists know it, and Anthony Robbins won't shut up about it, but the results are in: happy people are smarter and generally more successful. And furthermore, being around negative, angry people makes you less happy and possibly even less intelligent! A fabulous article by Kathy Sierra says that angry people may be bad for your brain in more ways than one.


Topic: Business Become Your Own Competitor
03:48pm MST, 18 Dec 2006

I've believed for a while in the strategy of becoming your own competitor. Think, "if I wanted to create a new brand to compete with my company's brand, what would I do?" And then do it.

Keep reading—Become Your Own Competitor...


Topic: Business Link May Our Competitors Thrive
06:32pm MST, 12 Dec 2006

Finally, an article arguing what I've believed for years: when your competitors attract more business, your market share may or may not shrink, but the overall size of the market increases. This is by Tom Peters: let your competitors thrive.


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