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I took my family to see WALL-E on Friday night, one of the rare times we have gone to the theater to see a movie together (it’s expensive and I’m not wealthy). We usually have Family Movie Night every Friday, and it involves popcorn, a pull-out sleeper sofa, PJ’s, and, of course, a movie–at our [...]
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Mike Nichols, Professor of Intercultural Studies, sat for an interview recently. Mike describes his experience as a missionary in the Congo (as well as the very difficult decision to leave the country as it became unstable) and his teaching at LCC.
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I share a lot of blog/news articles via Google Reader. If you’d like to know whether what I’m reading would also interest you, you can add me as a Google “friend:” mgowin@gmail.com. You can probably help me find some things that aren’t on my radar as well.
If you’re not into Google Reader, here are some [...]
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37signals, creators of some very fine Web applications, announced an opening for a designer last week. Take a minute to read the posting–this is not a run-of-the-mill, back office design job. Whoever lands this has an incredible opportunity to change the look and feel of this high-profile company:
You’ll have virtual free reign. We want you [...]
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On the Inside LCCS podcast, Rob Maupin and I had a conversation about his life up to this point. Rob is my colleague at Lincoln Christian College (his office is just across the hall from mine) and he teaches intercultural studies. Rob talks about growing up in western Nebraska, growing in faith, responding [...]
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First: Seth Godin shares this "urgent" thought:
If I could only share one piece of personal finance advice to grads or to just about anyone, it would be this:
Only borrow money to pay for things that increase in value.
It’s a short list: your business, your house and your education, mostly. Stocks if you’re smarter [...]
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Steve Jobs introduced the new iPhone yesterday at the WWDC (that’s Worldwide Developers Conference). If you don’t have or don’t want to watch Steve for the full 107 riveting minutes, this little rundown from the Mahalo Daily gives you the highlights in one minute (or about 93 seconds if you watch the outro).
My wife [...]
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A few weeks back, I wrote about how to read a book. Syl Arena, who is Joe McNally’s assistant, has just begun a blog and offers some ways to seriously hack (pimp) a book. These include the usual suspects such as the use of markers, pens, highlighters, and post-it tape flags but [...]
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Episode 002 of the Inside LCCS Podcast is now online, featuring Dr. J.K. Jones. In this episode, J.K. discusses his book What the Monks Can Teach Us as well as a new book project he’s working though this summer.
Inside LCCS: Episode 002
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As Dan Pink reminded us, one of Johnny Bunko’s "excellent mistakes" involved the development of an athletic shoe with seeds emedded in the sole. The seeds would be deposited on the ground as the wearer walked about, and eventually sprout all manner of greenness. Guy Kawasaki now points us to an invention that uses your [...]
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