I recently viewed Big Think's interview with 37signals co-founder Jason Fried. I think this is an excellent interview for anyone who works, and especially if you're in small business or entrepreneurship. Fried comments on the state of the work place as an environment for distraction instead of work. He mentions some of the ways his company addresses those pitfalls. He discusses a lot of other topics including cloud computing, advice to avoid, and cutting big ideas in half. I'm embedding the video of the interview here if you want to view it. Simply read the full entry by clicking below...
I can't help but call your attention to the prophetic role that poetry can play, particularly today. I was unfamiliar with Kate Tempest, but Jonny Baker's post included a video of one of her performance pieces, and I have to agree with him that she is brilliant. Jonny's reflexions are also well worth reading and considering. If poetry is as prophetic as he points out (and I believe it), then why is there little room for poetry in churches? Might it be because the prophetic is also wild and confrontational by design? It...
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Has anyone weaned themselves from Gmail in favour of some other email system? Perhaps I should be more clear. I have been using Gmail for a long time and I really like using it. However, there are some downsides to Gmail which keep me looking to use other systems. Currently I use IMAP with a number of email client tools but Gmail is my core architecture, if you will. I'm exploring the implications of changing my core architecture to another email system while still employing Gmail as one of my more powerful client tools (particularly for tagging messages and keeping conversations together).
