Branding Every Inch

It should not come as a surprise, but MASHABLE reported today on the brandable cursor by Ad Camo.  Sigh. The war of the future will be fought over keeping ones person from being branded.

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Lovely Metaphor

I was told a story today and instantly wanted to share it with my husband, and then my brother, and then a few friends. So I’ll share it here.

Last week at the Viginia Network state conference, the keynote related a scene from a trip to India. While there, she had seen an elephant tethered to a stake in the ground. She instantly began to wonder just how big the stake had to be to keep an elephant in place. As she saw the elephant’s owner approach, she noticed him easily pull the stake from the ground – it was surprisingly small, maybe just a few inches long. She asked the man how he could tie the elephant to a stake so very small? What if the animal just decided to walk off? Wasn’t it dangerous?

The man responded, “It’s not the size of the stake, but the IDEA of the stake.”

The keynote speaker then invited everyone to think about the small things in our lives that keep us tethered in one place. Similar to a dog commanded to “stay!”, we can keep ourselves from moving and progressing with “stakes” that may only be small, unimportant sticks in the sand – easy to pull up.

Good stuff, huh?

New Media Conference

The New Media Conference in Princeton, NJ in mid-June looks like the makings of a huge learning, networking and inspirational experience. What a jolt it would be! Unfortunately, I work for a government that has frozen all travel – and $1,500 does not even reside in my pocket, let alone venture out for travel and conference fees. Such a bummer…if anyone would like to take me on as a protege and pay my way to this and events like the the NECC Conference in June, the  Adobe Max in November,  and the HOW Conference  next June, I can guarentee that I’m eager to learn (quite sponge-like when it comes to new technology and design) and full of ideas and “what if’s”…it would be worth the investment

Map love

On my genealogy blog, I posted about an old map of Philadelphia that my father handed to us this weekend. It was actually still in his glove compartment, even though the old green Chevelle is long gone. Graphically, the map is fantastic – illustrations are oh-so-scannable! I’m so enamored with it, I created a swatch based on the colors at kuler.com