When blogs go sideways...

... you get back to things you love. Love this song.

Managing green with KPIs

Either by a lack of self belief, or by lack of belief in the ability of numbers to sum up a person's contribution, Ive never been a fan of numerical key performance indicators. But People love numbers. How old are you? How many square feet does your house have? etc.
Now Seth Godin makes a compelling case for the value of having a number attached to a green product. Interesting. Carbon footprint = distance from source to source x tranportation medium could be one example.
Miles from home could be a simpler, but less accurate measure.
Well, here's Seth's compelling post.

Clay Shirky on Blip

On Cognitive surplus, from Blip.tv

Someone with relatively cheap tools has a better chance of carving out attention from humanity's "cognitive surplus" than ever before.
"media that targets you but does not include you [ and invite your participation on ] may not be worth sitting still for."