The Discover Grow Shinecast® was placed on indefinite hiatus at the end of 2016 and removed from iTunes listings in 2018. Existing episodes remain available on the Shinecast Soundcloud channel.
Backyard Nature and Careless Mistakes
Sad story to report….Some of you will think me silly, but I truly love animals and nature and I hate to see any animal die for unnecessary reasons. This incident is especially sad, for what I explain at the end. Late Monday afternoon I stopped work to water my backyard plants using water from […]
Futureproof Bama on Ignite Alabama Podcast
New episode of the Ignite Alabama podcast takes a look at how automation technologies will impact employment. The guest is Taylor Phillips of Futureproof Bama, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of preparing Alabama for what I like to call the 21st century economy. Visit http://ignitealabama/futureproof_bama_2017/ for the show notes.
Patience, Grasshopper:
In early August, late one Sunday evening–August 7 to be precise– I was gathering habanero peppers. It was hot and I was tired. The pepper plants were short and so, to avoid bending over, I’d plopped myself down and was sitting in the grass, picking peppers off one plant at a time. I would gather […]
Drive-by Social: Where’s The Conversation?
Once upon a time, social media was about having a conversation. Or at least that was how I once experienced it. Today, what is labeled social media isn’t a conversation at all. It’s a series of drive-by encounters using largely symbolic gestures to ostensibly convey some emotional response. [clickToTweet tweet=”Social media has moved from a […]