Rick KeirRick Keir - LiveJournal.coman unexpected pleasure- April 22, 2008 Some of my ideas of friendship are those of the Tang and Sung dynasty Chinese scholar class: an ideal friendship is one where you can be separated for years and then pick up exactly where you left off, as though the other person had just stepped outside for a moment, instead of having been gone for a decade. This was a necessary concept in China because, to minimize corruption, the government moved you to a new district every few years, and never let you serve in your home district, so...http://rdkeir.livejournal.com/138277.html The Way That Can Be PowerPointed Is Not The True Way- April 14, 2008 Spent the morning at the annual half day Academic Staff Leadership Institute, a training event for us academic staff.Good idea: The first presenter was using PowerPoint, and had a neat idea. Instead of leaving his title slide up before the presentation, he was running a slideshow of Martin Luther King quotes which were related to his presentation, but were not part of the presentation itself. Not so good idea: every five minutes, Windows Update popped up a dialog box telling him to reboot his...http://rdkeir.livejournal.com/138159.html sometimes, life hands you your straight line- April 11, 2008 Got to this morning's meeting a few minutes early. My friend Steve was passing out his "Identity Management Principles" handout and remarked that "I put this on the agenda but I don't think this will be controversial, it's mostly Mom and Apple Pie." I opened my briefcase, pulled out my copy of the draft he'd circulated, and pointed to my scribbled note "M & A.P."http://rdkeir.livejournal.com/137749.html |