Tweblog - Toby Getsch

Maybe it’s a new calling…
My heart is in Myanmar - SharePoint for Disasters
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My favorite pic from my recent trip to DC is this one, from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  The full set of those pictures is viewable as a set and a slideshow.

I think this one is the most interesting for a few reasons.  It’s also one of my new SuperFavs.  For me, it [...]

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You may have stolen my phone charger, my camera, one pair of sunglasses, a pair of gloves, the owner’s manual, and some binoculars…

…but you didn’t get the rhinestone sunglasses! And, you didn’t get me to stop smiling. So, HA!

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Intro
Well, it’s a Thursday.  Once again, I’m at work early.  I like the calm and quiet of the mornings.  It allows me to think clearly, feel fully and breath with ease.  I’ve been this way for a while, going back to working at the health club during college through the mid-90’s.  I had mostly early [...]

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March 20 is today’s date.  This year it’s the 80th day of the year (leap year).  There are 286 days remaining.  It’s the first day of Spring!  It’s also plenty of other things.  Three of those things, I think are really cool.
Today is World Storytelling Day!
Today is the birthday of Frederick W. Taylor - an [...]

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best slippery slope ever
“Why shouldn’t I work for the N.S.A.? That’s a tough one, but I’ll take a shot. Say I’m working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I’m real happy with myself, ’cause [...]

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Towards the Knowledge Economy
More on the Evolution towards the Knowledge Economy
UPDATE: Final Thoughts on the Evolution towards a Knowledge Economy
The Long Nose of Innovation

You may not care about those articles if:

you are not a thinker
you don’t care about how, and you just want “it” to work
you think it’s someone else’s job
you are not curious
you do [...]

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Wow.  I used all caps in the subject.  Why?
From a geek’s perspective, the answer is DUH!
From the regular person’s perspective, maybe the commentary below will convince you.  There is No Free Lunch: Change your password NOW!  By Robert X. Cringely - - And, here’s the podcast/audio version, for those of you who don’t like to [...]

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I am in Fort Benning, GA.  This trip was a surprise.  Both Tim Getsch and I flew down today to surprise Terry.  We both could not be more proud!  Out of [UPDATE: approximately 230] 240, only 96 passed.  My youngest brother is one of them.
Terry, thank you for your service and your example.  You are [...]

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How cool is this?!?! 
How to Change the World: TechShop: Geek Heaven

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Sir Isaac Newton once said:

I know not what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem tohave been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all [...]

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Yesterday I posted about some creative block I’m trying to work through.  For the rest of the day I continued to make some changes to get through it.  Hey, if you keep doing what you’ve always done and expect different results, that’s probably not too SMRT.
Here are some of the things I did.

changed work environment: [...]

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I recently took a break from blogging (both writing and reading).  To put this into perspective, I follow about 160 blogs.  About half of those are very much work related.  I was probably spending about an hour per day reading and maybe another hour per day writing my own blog posts or responding to others.
(If anyone is paranoid [...]

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This morning, I saw and appreciated something that I want to emulate.
As I went for a walk around Green Lake, just north of Seattle, there was an elderly woman who was getting into her car.  She was putting a walker into her trunk first, then slowing lumbering her way towards the driver door.  She had shiny [...]

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3.5 million miles.  174 trips.
So what?  I’ll tell you what!  Read on…
Sometimes things happen that make us very proud to be associated with certain people or organizations.  This past weekend was extended because we have a national holiday, Memorial Day.  That day is set aside to commemorate those who have given their lives in service to [...]

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