Connecting dots with The Idea Dude 2007 has been the Year of the Blog for me. My passion to promote blogs and bloggers was the catalyst for the TheGoodBlogs. My mission was really very simple. Touched by the stories I read, inspired by the words of giant...

[2007-12-30 14:07:14]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude December for me is a great time to take stock of what I managed to achieve during this year and then look at all the things that perhaps fell through the cracks or activities I could have managed better. New Year Resolu...

[2007-12-23 19:42:13]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude A blog is a chain Isabella inspired this week’s ponderings. She graciously translated a song and this verse opened its wings with a roar. my song is a chain without beginning, without an end, and every link con...

[2007-12-09 20:06:02]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude I overheard the following conversation… Liz: Whoa! Look around us! Everyone is so . . . busy. We almost can’t see each other. What’s wrong with enjoying the folks we care about as we move through our lives? ...

[2007-12-02 12:09:06]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude This week’s dots are about children. Ergo, it is about intelligence, curiosity, wonderment, humour, determination and everything they do so naturally. They are the best dots. Dream like an 8 year old Matt over a...

[2007-11-25 15:00:54]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Can you imagine a life without blogs? Life would go on, there is no doubt but I would imagine it would be with a heart a little less warmer, a mind a little less inspired, a life with one less dimension and a lifetime ...

[2007-11-18 14:54:14]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Remember when? reminiscing is something we often do. Sometimes it is with a friend, walking back together to a special point in time. Sometimes it is in solitude to replay a fond farewell, a sad passing or a victorious...

[2007-11-11 15:20:55]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude My intent this week was to talk about thinking and finding new thinkers. I asked myself what do thinkers do when they think? Sure, they assimilate a lot of new information from around them and they come up with new idea...

[2007-11-04 12:55:21]

On this very blog, Liz’s open invitation is for you to join her to Change the World. We often think we have to be presidents, rich or influential to do that. We somehow believe that often we’re too ordinary or too insignificant to be agents o...

[2007-10-28 12:50:06]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude This week marks the 2nd birthday of Successful Blog. So this post is about one very special dot, Liz. You can always tell if something is said from heart, like a fundamental truth, it usually stands the test of time. S...

[2007-10-21 12:12:11]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude This week marks the 2nd birthday of Successful Blog. So this post is about one very special dot, Liz. You can always tell if something is said from heart, like a fundamental truth, it usually stands the test of time. S...

[2007-10-21 12:12:11]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude It has very little to do with intelligence and everything to do with humanity… Liz said this when she was wondering a week ago about what it meant to be wise. I thought about how I viewed others as wise. It wasn&...

[2007-10-14 13:03:22]

Yesterday my guest post at Liz's blog was about looking at your blog posts as gifts. It was one of those posts that, when I was done, I did wonder if people will get it!. I think they did, judging from some of the replies. The concept continued to lin...

[2007-10-08 10:25:00]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Thanksgiving conjures up words like harvest, community, celebration, thanks . . . and giving. Have you ever thought of your blog that way? Every time we post, it is a gift. ...

[2007-10-07 13:26:21]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Serendipity Definitely one of my favorite words … desirable discoveries by accident. (as defined by Dictionary.com) Writing for “Connecting the dots..” is entirely driven by serendipity. There is no p...

[2007-09-30 14:15:56]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Liz challenged me to write about a topic quite a while back. For the longest time, it never got written. Like seeing the first rainbow after rain, some things are just so darn hard to put into words. I was relating to ...

[2007-09-23 13:16:04]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Liz challenged me to write about a topic quite a while back. For the longest time, it never got written. Like seeing the first rainbow after rain, some things are just so darn hard to put into words. I was relating to ...

[2007-09-23 13:16:04]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Perhaps it is archaic education or upbringing, there always existed a distinct difference in my mind between writing and speaking… Reading and writing was a passive, distance activity whereas speaking and listeni...

[2007-09-16 09:28:05]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude The conversations within the dots… Blogs started as personal logs. Today they are catalysts for engagement. The Cluetrain Manifesto said it best… When you think of the Internet… think of a table for ...

[2007-09-09 12:22:54]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Life is simple, we make it complex. I took Joel’s advice to forget the sensational and look for the simple pleasures. We look at all the wonderful details of the good moments. We find the intensity in life’s ...

[2007-09-02 06:43:34]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude I’m on vacation, or rather I’m recuperating from the frenetic run-up to the vacation. The word vacation made me think of footprints in the sand. Who made them and where. Blogs are like footprints, they are...

[2007-08-26 14:59:12]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude For this week’s dots, I chose the theme… passion In the true spirit of Liz’s blogpost today, these dots did the most noble thing, they surrendered to their passion. They became Visible, Valuable and ...

[2007-08-19 13:01:42]

Boy, was I thrilled with this week's dots over at Liz's blog. Sometimes you read blogs and write about the ones that resonate with you not really knowing if that was the original intent of the blogger. So when the dots I found took the time to com...

[2007-08-13 22:40:00]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Earlier this week, Liz was thinking about the sound of words. It got be me thinking too, how words are affect our hearts, moods and minds. Take for example. Adversity The word is ominous, like an unscalable mountain. ...

[2007-08-12 12:18:17]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude I used to think looking good was something you only had to do during a business presentation. Beyond that, my work and talent would take care of my reputation. Many years ago, I read Tom Jeary’s Life is a series...

[2007-08-05 10:08:52]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude They say that the Internet has made the world a smaller place, you can reach any location with a click of the mouse. Blogs have made the world a more meaningful place, you can reach a heart with a click of the mouse. ...

[2007-07-29 11:49:25]

Connecting Dots with The Idea Dude I started this week’s column with one blinking dot… actually it was my cursor. It was waiting impatiently for me to connect this week’s dots. The blinking dot could have also been my heart, thumping ...

[2007-07-22 10:30:18]

Connecting dots with The Idea Dude Being asked to be a guest blogger for Liz Strauss is akin to being asked to be the opening act for The Rolling Stones. There’s an expectation to be “knock your socks off” great. Of course, this is al...

[2007-07-15 11:17:06]