I helped Ron post a new header on his Barbecue Secrets podcast blog.
Ron and Kate are in Calgary right now. He’s on the book flogging tour.
His latest cookbook — Barbecue Secrets DELUXE! — is the #1 cookbook in B.C. right now.
One of the best articles I’ve seen lately was published on a blog about “greatness” called Baekdal.com.
It gives an overview of the history and rapid evolution of information technology.
Here’s a sample slice from where we’re at right now.
People get information from TV, websites, blogs and social network sites. Oh, and the old people still cling to newspapers and magazines.
… But 2009 is also going to be the start of the next revolution. Because everything we know is about to change. …
The first and most dramatic change is the concept of Social News. Social news is quickly taking over our need for staying up-to-date with what goes on in the world. News is no longer being reported by journalists, now it comes from everyone. And it is being reported directly from the source to you – bypassing the traditional media channels.
I highly recommend you check out Baekdal – Where is Everyone?
I think the graphic is wrong, by the way.
Social News (e.g. Twitter) is not nearly as much the NEXT BIG THING as is shown above.
Some future evolution of Facebook or Friendfeed is the best way to CONNECT with people that’s been invented so far. Twitter is already a subset of those two vastly superior systems now.
(via bluepeak)
And Mock daddy.
My long time friend Dana Brass got married. Had a puppy. And a baby. Went on American Maternity (3 months). Then decided to leave her full-time job as a senior Cirque du Soleil casting scout to be a MOM.
Next decision in this long chain of life events?
She went home to Saskatchewan to coach at her old gymnastics club for a few months.
Coaching is a holiday, after all.
Now he’s carrying coal to Newcastle. Barbecue to Texas.
In his day job, Ron Shewchuk is a business consultant who helps organizations communicate better with their employees. In his spare time, he’s built a second career as his alter-ego, Rockin’ Ronnie, international barbecue champion and bestselling cookbook author.
A few years ago Shewchuk had a crazy idea to combine his lifelong passions for outdoor cooking and indoor business communications. The result: a combination multi-course meal and keynote address called “Everything I Know About Communication, I Learned From Barbecue.”
Shewchuk is bringing his smoke-infused business wisdom to Houston’s famed Armadillo Palace on February 26, where he’ll deliver his talk to the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. His visit is timed to coincide with The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, the first big event of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. …
… read the whole article – Market Watch – Canadian Barbecue Guru Mixes Business with Brisket
Friends are renting their beautiful house March-August 2009.
Contact me if you want more INFO.
Grant Assenheimer has his new blog up-and-running on the Doctors Without Borders website.
This post documents his arrival in a small village by plane.
… Before the engine had stopped, they started to sing. Kate, my Project Coordinator and new boss, was also returning to the project after a week in our headquarters for meetings and exclaimed “Look…they are singing! They are singing for you Grant!”
…and they were. Something like “Welcome, welcome, welcome, Mr. Grant…welcome to Shamwana…welcome to logistics…”. The singers were about 25 of my new staff members, a couple of fellow Expats and at least as many kids who had gathered to see just who this new Mazungo was. Incredible. The singing continued as I got out of the plane and headed towards them. Everyone, including myself, had huge smiles on our faces. Handshakes and introductions followed as I met, for the first time, a large part of my new African family. It is really something special to feel so welcome by total strangers. …
DRC – not just the Kivus! – The DRC welcomes another Mazungo
SanazM
Happy holidays.
Rick McCharles 