http://outtacontext.com/life/ Farm Fresh Writing at a Fraction of the Cost! en-us jgates@outtacontext.com 2010-03-14T15:35:55-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000547.shtml This is the second in a series of essays on the effects of social media on organizations. The first, Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary, looked at how social media is changing our jobs. This piece continues the exploration by... 547@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Professional Auteurism 2010-03-14T15:35:55-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000546.shtml I was digging myself into a large hole. Where was that downspout? Click on photo for larger image. Imagine living through the DC blizzard of "aught ten" (I know that's not grammatically correct but it sounds good). Then imagine... 546@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2010-02-20T13:27:49-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000545.shtml Jeff Gates, From a Series of One Acts… #7, 1987. Click on image for larger view. Before moving to the DC area I spent a year teaching art in Minnesota. I learned to drive in the snow that winter... 545@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2010-02-10T13:08:35-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000544.shtml Top: Panorama of the entrance to the park across the street from our house taken during the blizzard (part of a series of photographs I've been taking). Bottom: Our street as I struggled to get back inside (our house... 544@http://outtacontext.com/life/ News Outta My Control 2010-02-08T12:14:24-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000543.shtml Twitter allows you to send missives to your followers in 140 character bursts. For a storyteller these are often exercises in learning to be economical with one's words with the greatest amount of impact. Today I tried but a story... 543@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Commuting with Nature 2010-01-12T18:10:11-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000542.shtml Glenn Beck as our species savior? Annalee Newitz recently posed this question: "When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like 'Avatar'?" And she followed it up with some interesting ideas on race and film making in America. While I... 542@http://outtacontext.com/life/ News Outta My Control 2010-01-03T12:58:42-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000541.shtml The beginning of an 18 inch snowfall. Click image for larger view. I live in the burbs of DC but on Saturday, like Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia I opened my closet door, I mean my front... 541@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2009-12-21T08:06:40-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000540.shtml For the last year I've been getting email newsletters from the dealership where I bought my car. Although my Volkswagen is over nine years old the dealer wants to keep in touch with me. Naturally, they want to keep me... 540@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2009-12-12T11:59:59-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000539.shtml The view from our house. Click on image to enlarge. Woke up this Thanksgiving to dense fog. After a little breakfast in the peace and quiet of the early morning I put my coat on over my PJs and... 539@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2009-11-26T13:31:57-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000538.shtml 538@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2009-11-08T08:22:30-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000537.shtml 537@http://outtacontext.com/life/ News Outta My Control 2009-11-01T12:09:38-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000536.shtml When I was in San Francisco last week for meetings I stayed with good friends in Noe Valley. Being a seasoned commuter I left the house each morning precisely at 7:55 and walked down to Market Street to catch the... 536@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Commuting with Nature 2009-10-04T09:29:29-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000535.shtml I went to Santa Fe and all I got was this wonderful portrait of my daughters. Click image for larger view. It's the week after Labor Day. The girls are back in school and I've got deadlines at work.... 535@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2009-09-13T09:02:00-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000534.shtml I woke up with it and by mid afternoon I had a full-blown craving for a nice crisp dill pickle. I wasn't prepared for this kind of focus. Thinking it merely a strange, but temporary condition I carried on as... 534@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2009-08-19T06:43:27-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000533.shtml My fellow commuter. Click on image for a larger view. It had been a long week. I'd just completed two days of teaching teachers how to podcast: a rewarding activity that reminded me of my years in the classroom.... 533@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2009-08-09T09:26:59-05:00