Archive for April, 2008

Tweetgeist
April 25, 2008

FIRST Tweetgeist (n) [from "zeitgeist", german, the intellectual and cultural climate of an era; and "tweet", to post a message on twitter.com]: The collected and distilled wisdom of one’s circle of advisors, as compiled via the “twitter” internet application. Example: I’m not sure if that restaurant is any good; let me check the tweetgeist. As [...]

Trust and Failure
April 13, 2008

Earlier this month, the NY Sun published an article by Lenore Skenazy, a woman who let her nine-year-old son ride the bus home from Manhattan, unaccompanied, as an exercise in building confidence and independence. She was subsequently labeled the worst mom in the world. I’m totally in support of her goal to break us out [...]