by Andrea James | Mar 23, 2016 | Curiosity, Inspiration
Did you ever notice how people are always solving for something? Successful people are constantly solving for X. And X can be lots of things — more time to pursue one’s passions, it can be more money, it can be negotiating a raise, it can be finding more...
by Andrea James | Nov 6, 2011 | Curiosity, Inspiration, Photos, Seattle, That's Life
My old alarm clock went off this morning before my mobile phone did. That’s odd, I thought as I scrambled over to shut the thing up. The dumb alarm clock — as in, not smart like my phone — is the backup alarm, the one that will faithfully and...
by Andrea James | Oct 31, 2011 | Curiosity, Politics, That's Life
In case you haven’t heard, the United Nations is saying that the world population will reach 7 billion today. Happy Halloween? Of course, the number and date are symbolic rough estimates, since there’s no way to count everyone on the planet down to the...
by Andrea James | Oct 12, 2011 | Curiosity, Journalism, Politics, Wall Street logic
My initial reaction to the #OccupyWallStreet protests is this: Our public schools are failing many of our kids. This is not new and I’m not the first to say it. People know that to compete in a global, information-based and technological economy, education is...
by Andrea James | Oct 7, 2011 | Curiosity, Inspiration
Simplicity is all the rage right now. And in so many walks of life, too. Do you ever wonder why? Why do we want to pare down, cut back, sift out, and reduce to the essentials? The world is no more complex than it’s ever been. The difference is that, thanks to...
by Andrea James | Oct 4, 2011 | Communication, Curiosity
. . . Apple speaks, and it suddenly becomes OK to stop working and pay attention. Engadget live blog New York Times live...
