Here’s a 1 minute video featuring Jack Thompson. He has been asked the simple question, “What is your happiest moment?”. I really enjoyed his response – HT to Katie at Get Shouty for this “The future I might aspire to – the past I remember with pleasure … life’s crowning glory is the here and now” In this longer video, Chip Conley shares his story … when the dotcom bubble burst, Chip went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that …

A story and questions conjured from viewing, and brought to tears by, Boston.com images …

Today I downloaded the latest iPhone OS – iOS4. Apart from a whole bunch of gimmicks, there are some really big improvements. The multi-tasking and app-folder additions are long overdue and very welcome. The other thing I like are the 3rd party app improvements to Instapaper and Evernote. Haven’t even played with Mail as yet. The biggest improvement is in the WordPress App which will allow me to write and update blog post and pages. I can now add images to post (like this one of my home office) but still can’t figure out how to embed weblinks in text …

Rob Paterson has written about a talk I have heard before. This time, however, the message was clearer due to the fantastic visual animations done by the RSA Animate crew. Watch and learn for yourself … In response to the content in in talk, I like Rob’s points here … “School is all analog and sequential. It is all about the future – when you know this it will be great when you are 30! School is all about it being in control not you. School is all passive. The rewards are all off in the distant and abstract future. …

Anyone who knows me … knows that I use Twitter regularly. I post photos, thoughts, observations, great links and resources. I read the same and, from those I follow, stumble upon some gems that I would never find if left to me and Google. Here’s an interesting snapshot of the most common words I use when Twittering. Given Twitter’s boundary of 140 characters, many of these words convey the most important things in my life. Some are just meaningless words I use like ‘whilst’ and ‘week’ … many others do actually convey what is most important to me … boys, …