Beach Walk 719 – Internet Improves Communication

November 25, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

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“Internet Improves Communication” – or at least it does for some of the people some of the time. It can also intrude on other people’s conversations, it can be full of falsehoods. Nonetheless in this episode I am talking about the upside of the internet’s tools to connect us and add to our sense of community and ability to know more about each other. The “Pew Internet Family and Life Project”:http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/c/6/topics.asp keeps finding that overall, in the aggregate, more people feel they have better communication with family members than before the internet. I know this to be very true in my family.

Hawaiian Word:
Launa ʻōlelo; _dialog, communication_

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Beach Walk 718 – Flat Stanley Goes to Hawaii

November 16, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

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Shane’s Uncle Bob is an educator in Nebraska and he connected us with three second-grade classrooms at Linden Elementary School. Flat Stanley is a well-established school project that helps the children around the world learn about literacy and other places and connect with people far beyond their local neighborhoods. These Flat Stanley’s traveled all around the island of Oʻahu and are going home with aloha shirts, leis, and surfboards, thanks to help from our friends Kaile, Stacey, and Eric.

Hawaiian Word:
Keiki: child, children

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Beach Walk 717 – Are Your Responsible for Your Subconscious?

November 13, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

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I did a show on the latent racist tendencies many of us have a few weeks ago, Beach Walk 707, talking about how deeply racism (and other “-isms”) reside within our subconscious. Exploring a little further, if we resist the notion and feel guilty or go into denial, then it lingers. Maybe not feeling so burdened or responsible for things before our time can free us to notice when we are acting under the influence, and choose to act differently now.

Hawaiian Word:
ʻIkeʻole; unaware

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Beach Walk 716 – Volunteering to Vocation

November 12, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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More and more brave souls are leaving their “known worlds” for life as an adventure, the kind without a job for a safety net. Decades ago the book appeared, “Do What You Love and The Money Will Follow”:http://www.barefeetshop.com/book-1000-0440501601-Do_What_You_Love_The_Money_Will_Follow_Discovering_Your_Right_Livelihood.html that really knocked loose some hard-formed notions. Still, only one generation has grown up with that message, so it has barely made a dent in our global consciousness. Some people are using volunteering as a step in that direction. Such is the story of my friend BJ Wishinsky who is now at “Anita Borg Institute”:http://anitaborg.org/about/who-we-are/bj-wishinsky and also “Joe Philipson”:http://www.twitter.com/jphilipson the photographer who is helping to define a whole new sector: social media photographer.

I’d also to thank the many volunteers who helped on Podcamp Hawaii. “Judi Clark”:http://www.twitter.com/judico was both the WordCamp wrangler and the one who helped me track and acknowledge the many volunteers on that event. “Kyle Nishioka”:http://www.twitter.com/madmarv was the tech and venue manage and did a wonderful job working with our many vendors. “Shane Robinson aka Secret Cameraman”:http://www.twitter.com/shane built the website and set up all of the live streaming, plus created a very cool desktop application that allowed attendees to fill out evaluations on the spot while watching the live stream or following the Twitter stream!

Update: Twitter friend “@carakitty”:http://twitter.com/carakitty/status/1004815977 also got a jpb at a Vet office after volunteering at the animal shelter.

Hawaiian Word:
ʻAʻa; _volunteer_

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Beach Walk 715 – Life is not so linear pt 2

November 11, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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A good example of the non-linear-ness of the process of change is “Dr. James Prochaska’s, Stages of Change Theory”:http://www.uri.edu/research/cprc/TTM/detailedoverview.htm. He describes 5 stages of “change readiness” – each of which is responsive to certain processes or approaches. People who successfully change a behavior, will not usually progress through the stages in a straight line, but more in a spiral, relapsing some and then moving forward again.

Hawaiian Word:
Wā _period of time_

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