Posts by Scott Barstow

I am not going to join the fracas over the passage of the health care bill. What needs to be said on both sides of the issue has already been...

This is Part 3 in my continuing series, Education Is Horked. Previously I wrote about my thesis on the state of US education and The Myth Of The Career. It...

Today was one of those days where each time you turn around something else seems really wrong. It’s also one of those days where you are thankful for another day...

That did not stop me from attending an event last Friday night here in Raleigh put on by, among others, Amy Quinn. I know Amy from CTK Raleigh. After attending...

I read this quote this morning. I know it’s not an original idea, or pithy, or the next great thing to think about. This is a kick in the groin...

This is Part 2 in my continuing series, Education Is Horked. You can find Part 1 here. It is my hope to get people thinking about the tectonic shift happening under...

From the Urban Dictionary: Horked - To be out of whack, to be completely unworkable I have been planning to write a series on the changing landscape of education for...

I wrote a post a few days ago about being able to operate in a lean environment. I had written it on the heels of some really absurd things that...

A few weeks ago, I watched a presentation from The Business of Climate Change conference wherein Jeff Rubin (@jeffrubin) articulated with compelling, if anecdotal, evidence that we are going to...

In the last week, two prominent athletes who were known for their invincibility, strength and will to win have copped to playing the victim card to try and escape the...

I just finished reading Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin, over the weekend. Maybe I am just looking for some way to bring Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead into a discussion to sound...

How many of us actually live one day at a time? I am not talking about the irresponsible notion of not planning and accounting for the possibility of tomorrow, but...

I have spent some of this Christmas season doing something I have wanted to do for a long time. I have been getting all of our home movies off of...

I am sure you have seen the commercials where you have various “every man” characters claiming that their suggestions for Windows 7 helped to make it into the product that...

I just received a note via email that Oral Roberts died as a result of pneumonia complications at the age of 91. As one of the ( relatively ) few...

With the flurry of blogs and info being spewed out between yesterday and today about the coming of the Google Phone, the battle for mobile device supremacy is getting ready...

I remember reading an interview with the head of M&A at Google ( at the time ) where he was asked a series of questions about what made the companies...

A few weeks ago, I ported my mobile phone voicemail to GoogleVoice. After a few hiccups getting started, I am now comfortably settled in to using this as my only...