by Ike in Language, Personal, Sociology
My daughter is gearing up for the fall soccer season in the girls Under-6 league. There were supposed to be six girls per team, and for the most part there were. One observation I had was the jersey numbers were reflective of the leagues. The jerseys in the U-6 league went up to 6. The jerseys in the U-8 league went up to the number 8.
It was the bottom side of the roster that was odd. Or rather even:
There were two 2’s on each team. Best I could figure is they didn’t want the pressure of being #1 to go to some poor child’s head.
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by Ike in Language, My Quotes, Philosophy, Wordplay
“Ideals are worth fighting for, ideas are not. And that’s one ‘L’ of a difference.”
- Ike Pigott
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by Ike in Communication, Occam, Philosophy, Your moment of Venn
When I was interviewing for my current job, I was asked why I wanted it. True, everyone loves getting a paycheck (and some even love being employed.) But my answer came back to the intersection of things I enjoyed. I actually traced the following diagram on my desk for the interview committee:
These are three things I truly enjoy: helping people tell their story in times of stress and strain; geeky tech tools; and teaching others. The real actualization comes when those spheres start overlapping. My experience with using New Media tools to communicate during disasters comes in an intersection. Likewise my media training, and even the time I spend on Twitter and elsewhere helping others “get” Social Media.
I’m lucky to have a job that allows me to play in the mixed colors, and even work in that bright white zone in the middle.
Have you ever mapped out your motivations in this way? There might just be some fulfilling intersections that you’re missing because you haven’t tried overlapping…
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by Ike in Quick thoughts
My wife sent me the following in an email:
Superman’s cape has bit the dust! Ryan was spotted with a pair of scissors earlier today and when asked what he was doing replied, “Cutting off superman’s cape” When asked why he was doing this the small human responded, “Because I don’t want him to fly.”
It’s easy to gravitate to the cape as the source of flight, when really it was meant as an artistic convention to demonstrate movement in a two-dimensional, still-frame comic medium. But at some point, we cut the strings when we realize the cape isn’t necessary anymore. (Besides, Batman doesn’t fly and he has a cape…)
Which leads me back to a question posed the other day. 
When do we finally reach the point where we ditch the old technology? I know of two accomplished and very intelligent classmates of mine who graduated high school without being able to tell the time on an analog clock. (I can vouch that one has since learned, and probably the other…)
The fact remains that one could indeed be fully functional in 1986 without needing that particular skill, and moreso today. So when do we realize that the magic isn’t in the hands and the gears? When can we cut the ties?
I think there are several factors that play a role in allowing us to assign certain standards to the fate of the buggy whip. What I haven’t figured out is the relative importance and ranking of those factors:
- Percentage adoption
- Generational immersion of replacement
- Fear of translation
And for that matter - what besides the analog clock and the shoelace is destined for the dustbin of history? (Considering that for many us, the dustbin is history too.)
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by Ike in My Quotes, Philosophy
“With buckles and snaps and Velcro straps, do our children need to learn to tie their shoes anymore?”
- Ike Pigott
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