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Michael Edson: Where do we go from here?
“We live in a time of relentless and accelerating change. Long established conventions in business, economics, medicine, education, science and government are all under assault by this thing we amorphously call technology. What’s going on? And what does it mean for the trusted institutions that once formed the bedrock of our society? How should they change?”
Michael Edson, the Smithsonian Institution’s director of Web and New Media Strategy
Mr. Edson began by stating, "...let us go boldly in the present..." Its a struggle for everyone just getting by in their everyday likes to stay current let alone look into the future, if we can get to the present, we've done something.
Mr. Edson pointed out how few organizations can successfully implement a strategy which he defined as strategy is work that matters, it establishes a common vocabulary. An important part of the strategy is making it workable. What separates the leaders from the people implementing the strategy? Mr. Edson used the term thermocline, which if you've read a Tom Clancy book you're aware this is a boundary layer between two layers of water with different temperatures. This boundary reflexs sonar effectively hiding whats happening underneath it.
While business leaders are frantically trying to decide what an appropriate use of say twitter might be, the people under them, hidden from their view are already using it, applying it in ways their leaders never thought of.
The Smithsonian is working to set free the knowledge and information they have on a wikispace with which he stated, with an impish smile, that he hopes people use to increase and abuse knowledge.
I really enjoyed and learned more from Mr. Edson than the previous speakers in this series, not that they were lacking in any way, its just they keep getting better and better.
This is crazy and I know doesn't mean anything, but before the talk I was introduced to Michael Edson and he asked me about my camera and we geeked out on it and the iPhone camera which he says he uses almost exclusively now.
Sorry, a little nerdom from a nerd.
@janefriedman: Rock-star seating, behind @5chw4r7z and @mpedson at @CincyCAC ... Cincinnati twitterati/blogger turnout!
Art is information. And as such it too wants to be free. Guess what? On Monday nights it's free at the CAC with later hours, do yourself a favor and take advantage of it, its too valuable to pass up.[where: 45202]best place to learn how to live downtown cincinnati ohio the ethos of Cincinnati
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Cinciditarod @Filson Playground
Looking at Google maps I thought for sure everyone would head up Liberty Hill to get to Filson Playground but after awhile I started getting antsy, turns out there were a couple things I didn't know. For one, the first teams were heading up Milton and using alleys I didn't see on map view.
I headed up to the park in time to see the first team pop out of a small alley.
I didn't know about the chase vans and scout cars, but I wonder about the strategy of using them, the second team, Team Ninja or what ever came from the north, they must have gone way out of their way. Anyhow a van and a car appear 3 or four minutes before the ninja's and the driver hops out looks around smiles and exclaims, awesome, we're the first ones here!
yeahhh, NO actually you're the second.
sad face, waa waaa waaaaa.
then teams began appearing from all over.
these guys were crazy, smoke bombs, gymnastics, sword play.
same thing over and over, a car or two would appear, then minutes later another shopping cart
then everyone started coming up and the ones who didn't, running down the steps. major traffic jam, everyone huffing and puffing too much to get mad about it, they were happy for an opportunity to rest a minute
the Cinciditarod trophys
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Cinciditarod 2011
They get a little more creative each year, and the pop references get more obscure since I had to ask about a few of them. Either that or sorry Biebers I'm just not that familiar with what a Bieber looks like. The rain wasn't damping anyone's enthusiasm either, something like 70 teams showed up to compete, some more than others. One thing surprising me is the top competitors had chase vans and scout cars, kind of like the Tour de France they're been doing this a few years now, they're figuring out all the angles.
Tiger and his girlfriends, some of them anyhow.
some tweeps, who I barely recognized even after they said hi.
its seems just a little like cheating to me
everyones all time crowd favorite, the Lois Lanes, they work for the Enquirer, Hudy is all they could afford.
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6th Street lights
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Parker Flats Friday
Except for the Ascent at Roebling has any other residential building gotten the positive press the award winning Parker Flats has? A couple appearances on the news, a music video, just another day at one of the most desirable addresses downtown. There's a 3 second cameo in the middle of the video featuring our condo.
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do you like eating burgers? HEEEEY! me too
There’s a full scale war going on out there in the streets on Cincinnati.
And we're the winners, because someone always ups the game giving us a better burger.
And since I’m always out eating them its only natural that I get asked what the best Cincinnati burgers are. I knew that I’d need to get around to making a list one day.
Well that day is today.
What prompted it is this, I've been hearing for years about Arthur’s and how good their burgers are. We went the other night with a friend holding an expiring Groupon to see what all the talk was about.
I got the Arthur’s Burger and when it came to the table it sure looked good. But it went downhill from there, although I liked the texture of the burger, I consider it bad when the bun has more flavor then the meat. #fail
OK, that’s it, no more procrastinating onto my official burger list.
What do I judge burgers on? #1 is texture, I like the burger to be just on the verge of falling apart not packed tightly together. Then flavor, it better engage parts of my tongue that usually lie dormant.
Here we go, the best burgers in Cincinnati according to 5chw4r7z.
Tied for first place are Terry's Turf Club and Cafe de Wheels.
If the last place I went was Terry’s then its my favorite,
but the last place I went was Cafe de Wheels, so its my current favorite.
Third place Dilly cafe
Fourth place Rookwood
UPDATE: I was negligent in not mentioning Mayberry, I knew I'd forget one. Tied for fourth with Rookwood.
And Fifth place Senate
There’s a half dozen honorable mentions I could, well, mention.
Local127, Rockbottom and Nicholson’s are up there in the top ten. Pirate Cove and Ludlow Bromley on good days, but they’re really inconsistent so I go there for the atmosphere and hope for the best.
There you go, my list, your milage may vary, past performance does not guarantee future returns, consult a doctor before starting a new burger routine.[where: 45202]best place to learn how to live downtown cincinnati ohio the ethos of Cincinnati
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barges on the river
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Shock the World
I'm stealing Ed's line here, he may have shocked the world, but not me. After following Ed's blog I'm not surprised that he's finally had an article published in the national mag Slam and his article on Xavier's Tu Holloway broke through into the big time.
Now some people get jealous, or beat down when people they know step up and do something awesome. Not me, I think I get as much joy from friends success as I do my own. It reinforces why I like them in the first place, surrounding myself with fearless risk takers. How else is someone going to stay on their A-game?
Everyone got together last Friday night to get their celebration on at Lunar, a bonus for the party because the place can be a little trippy.
One of Andrew VanSickle's ink spots, always changing with the light.
Here you go, what its all about.
Jeremy and Yvonne two people out there shaking the city up, we'll be hearing more about them you watch.
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