All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

Ten tips for good governance (whether for profit or not). The UK-based Foundation for Good Governance has produced a 10-point plan for running an effective organisation. Although intended for nonprofits, a glance at corporate misdeeds featured daily on business pages suggests the tips may have some relevance to companies too…. [Designing for Civil Society]

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good stuff like:

Dig out the constitution, memorandum and articles, trust deed or other such governing document and read it.ÊIt probably needs to be read more than once – and it must be understood by the Board and staff, not just those who wrote it.

can be found here, it is worth a look

Do you, uh, FOO?. Has it really been a year already? Wow. Friday afternoon, Radwin and I are headed up to Foo Camp 2.0 (or 2004, I guess, but 2.0 just seems more appropriate). Last year was a blast. I only hope that this year's is even half as enjoyable. If you're FOOing, I'll see you there. Hopefully I'll have the energy to write up the experience again. I wonder if John Battelle will write about it again? … [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]

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someday i'd like to go to foo camp……

My email diet. In which my IMAP account goes lo-carb by cutting out almost all of the folders. Empty calories, I tell you. [43 Folders]

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this wouldn't work for me…. i use email to consume information and archive information, which is then read at my leisure. i do something like he does for certain mailboxes…. my inbox though… is the great unfiltered wasteland…..

From Campus to Web: The Changing Roles of Faculty from Classroom to Online Teaching РGila Kurtz, Michael Beaudoin, Journal of Educators Online. Abstract: The first objective of this research is to study the transition and self-perception of a sample group of Israeli faculty currently integrating online teaching within campus-based teaching. The authors studied the faculty䴜s perceptions of thei [Online Learning Update]

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worth a read…..

Bounty for asking “How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?”

World's Shortest Blog is offering a bounty to the first person to publicly pose the following question to the erstwhile President: “How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?” They're accepting PayPal donations to drive up the size of the bounty, which currently stands at $854.29. In the event of no award being given, the funds will be turned over to the DNC. Link (via Electrolite)

(merci, Cory!)

[A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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i don't think anyone will get the chance to have this answered…

Bearing witness.

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is one of my favourite graphic novels:

I love her account of the introduction of the veil in school (Ooh! I'm the monster of darkness!) and the tales of reading Marx and playing revolution with childhood friends fill me with glee every time. But mostly, I adore it because it's the story of a brilliant and wondrous girl learning about the absurdity of life, love and war.

And for those who read French, you can also pick up Persepolis 2, 3 & 4 – aussi incroyable! [Purse Lip Square Jaw]

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wow, sounds good…. i of course am currently on a tank girl kick….

diarying bad for your health?.

“Keeping a diary is bad for your health, say UK psychologists. They found that regular diarists were more likely than non-diarists to suffer from headaches, sleeplessness, digestive problems and social awkwardness.
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“Although she does not have proof, Duncan speculates that diarists buck the usual trend because instead of a single, cathartic outpouring to offload trauma, diarists continually churn over their misfortunes and so never get over them. 'It‰¥ús probably better not to get caught in a ruminative, repetitive cycle,' she says.” — Dear diary, you make me sick in NewScientist

I wonder if blogging/online journaling differs from diarying in this fashion, given that writers have an audience. Do they still get caught in the cycle?

[apophenia]

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i believe it…

e-admit.

For those of you who were addicted to Group Hug, you've gotta check out e-admit. Users submit some sort of admission, often with a poll following it. Readers can then vote on their admissions.

[Sorry Scott for a new addiction.]

[apophenia]

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sounds like callahan's but more public, less puns, and less fun.

Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets. The next version of Windows will let companies block access to iPods and other tiny storage devices, News.com has learned. [CNET News.com] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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hmmph, figures. it isn't like they need to do this, it is that they think controling the user is what their customers want… but who is the customer here?

nice cut.