Here’s a blog bonus for Saturday. If you house was burning down and you could only take what you could carry, what would it be? I think this question should be part of every employers standard testing technique…
Found out what others have said on the burning house blog.
I’ve given up thinking about the future. For a while.
On the one hand I’m being swamped by so much incoming information that I can’t think straight. On the other hand the present has become so weird and intense (Tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns, the Middle East etc) that thinking about the future seems rather pointless.
Hence I’m turning off the tap. I’m not going to read anything except books for a month. This means no newspapers and no magazines. And, if I can pull it off, no TV or internet. I won’t be blogging for a while either.
Something resembling normality will resume in a month or so when the dust has settled and the view of what lies ahead has hopefully improved.
I’ve been reading about tweens setting up blogs and about one blog about politics set up by someone called Maelo Manning, aged eleven. I know. That’s exactly what I thought. How can anyone aged eleven be in a position to write anything meaningful about politics. However, rather than jump to a conclusion I had a look (libdemchildblogspot) and guess what? It’s not bad at all.
Some stats? I’m glad you asked. According to OfCom, 2% of kids aged 8-11 have set up their own blog and almost 20% would like to do so.
I was thinking that I should add ‘serendipity’ to my extinction timeline when I stumbled upon a great blog about the future by accident. I was looking for a precise definition of Horizon 1, 2 & 3 innovations when I came across the Next Big Future blog. Cracking stuff.
Check it out…. www.nextbigfuture.com
Link to seven horizons timeline below in comments.