Monthly Archives: September 2000

Essay: Navigating the River of Life “I feel like I’m floating down the river of life instead of navigating it.” That little gem came from one of my early- twentysomething sons about a month ago as we were doing a … Continue reading →

Essay: How Big is Yours? One of my sons asked me recently how much money I had in my retirement accounts. “I’m embarrassed to say,” I told him… My financial insecurity has been as troublesome as my sexual insecurity over … Continue reading →

I’ve spent a good chunk of time in the past week trying to decide which message board platform to go with. John Hatch and I are looking closely at Slashcode because of its built-in reputation management capabilities, but it really … Continue reading →

Essay: A Guide for Rounding the Bases “I was rounding third and heading for home when her parents drove in the driveway.” Rounding the bases, that stage-by-stage progress toward sexual “scoring,” is a metaphor that lives on in our culture. … Continue reading →

I’ve not been a very active citizen in my town of Northfield for the past 6 months. I expended a lot of effort last year leading the town’s Y2K Community Preparedness effort so I felt like taking a breather. And … Continue reading →

Essay: Dying a Good Death Two years ago, my mentor (a career coach) assigned me the task of writing the eulogy for my own funeral. I thought about that assignment last week, when I attended the funeral of a friend’s … Continue reading →

How’s this for a coincidence? UTNE WEB WATCH DAILY The Best of the Alternative Web, 6.Sept.2000 Discuss the book “Community Building on the Web” with the author, Amy Jo Kim. InfoAge conference, Topic 119 I’m participating because of my interest … Continue reading →

I’ve been watching the development of reputation management capabilities within online communities for about a year now, ever since I read Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, September 5, 1999: Reputation Managers are Happening I took a close look at Slashdot and over … Continue reading →