Synchronists

Carl Jung wrote about the idea of synchronicity to mean unrelated people doing similar things, or common things happening without cause and or effect. 

It seems to me that in our current age of technology, with more people connected by more ideas, the rate of synchronicity may be nearing an inflection point of rapid increase. Our technology may be creating a cognitive background noise that will increasingly inspire larger groups of people with the same idea.  

What we attribute to kismet (i.e. fate, fortune, and inspiration), may in fact be our own minds responding to the larger shared contextualization created by our technological tools.

New Laptop

I'm trying to find a new laptop that has the following features:

• lightweight
• long battery life
• handles internet video well
• integrated video camera
• and is a vista machine

I want to spend about $600-700 for the whole package.  Ideas? 

Long vacation done.

My blogging activities took a year-plus hiatas. Since my last quasi-post:

• Relocated from Chicago to Milwaukee.  
• Read all of Ayn Rand's fiction works (well, I skipped We the Living).
• Ate some really good food in Chicago, Boulder, and Las Vegas.
• Learned to Cook by taking classes at the Milwaukee Public Market.
• Hiked in the mountains and climbed my first 14er. (google it) 
• Helped Jane manage the stresses of Medical School. 

And, beyond the world of home, family, and loyal brown dog: 

• Spoke as a presenter at the Illinois Education and Technology Conference. 
• Presented my first Professional Development seminar on Curriculum Planning in the Fine Arts. (I'm now a registered CPDU provider in the state of Illinois).
• I started 88 Stories, a company devoted to helping families preserve their family photos and stories. One of my longtime best friends, Matthew Stein, and I are collaborating on this great project. We've already digitized nearly 50,000 images for clients across the country. AWESOME!
• I started a second company, Rooberry LLC, to provide personalized school website services to schools struggling to meet AYP. (Adequate Yearly Progress). This isn't really a new business, since I've been doing this as a sole proprietor about 4 years now. Basically, I think schools can generate a large bump in test score improvement by focusing on improving communication systems in schools. Teachers talk with administrators, parents, and kids, and scores will improve (and maybe they'll fund arts, music, and dance again).

More to follow.  Really. I'm back.