Knowing who you are is fundamental to a happy life. Knowing who you appear to be when people look for you on the web can be revealing. Not knowing when inaccurate information about you shows up on the web where anyone (including employers, prospective employers, prospective mates, …) can be a disaster in the making. [...]
According to Kim B. Clark (Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005 and President of BYU-Idaho since then), no matter what we teach, how we teach can help others learn the critical skills society needs to provide leadership in families, communities and the nation. Leaders and learning are inextricably intertwined.
He shared his [...]
Is it really an invention that will change the internet forever as one British news site proclaims? Or is it, as others have described it, the newest and most important golf blog research tool in the history of humankind or the magical search engine that will channel all kinds of data to give you coherent [...]
You may have seen the story this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America about the outrage against prerecorded calls that warn you that this is your last chance before your car warranty expires or that it’s your last chance to reduce your credit card interest. I have my own outrage – figuring out who to [...]
What would you think of a bridge builder who makes assumptions like these in designing a new bridge you will drive across every day?
Earthquakes never happen.
The temperature will never be lower than 65 nor higher than 75.
Ships never run into bridges.
The wind never blows more than 30 mph.
The quality of concrete and steel used in [...]
The Social Security Death Index (SSDI), available free from Rootsweb, can help you trace your family tree. It will tell you the month and year a person died, their birth date, where they were living when they died, and the state where they got their social security card. But with over 83 million records, finding [...]
As a clerk in my church, one of my responsibilities is to make sure that the mailing addresses of members are accurate in our records. I recently came across a free service offered by MelissaDATA of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA that makes it a snap. (I’ll probably even use it to check my Christmas card [...]