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What's the diff between Citi and the Somali pirates?

A: The pirates are realistic about the value of the cargo in the hold.

2008 has been by any standard a terrible year for me. I woke the other day, the lake outside my window was covered in fog. It seem to be a metaphor for life, e.g. just when you think things are clear, the fog rolls in.

And getting past the fog is much harder than it should be.

Bonnie Jean Bruggeman 1950-2008November 16

As I often tell people, I am at my core a small town Minnesota boy, I grew up in a loving home, with devoted parents and my sister Bonnie. Bonnie was a beautiful baby, a darling child, a pretty teenager, and a lovely young woman. She was almost five years younger than I was, and our parents almost raised us as if we were each only children.

Bonnie graduated from high school, then went to first Gustavus Adolphus College for a year and then to the University of Minnesota School of Pharmacy. After graduation, she worked for many years as a pharmacist, and for most of her adult life battled bi-polar depression. This illness had a dramatic impact on her life, causing her to spend time in 5–6 mental institutions. After each stay, she was basically forced to start her life all over again. I once asked her why she didn’t take the medications that had been prescribed for her, and her response was “that the highs (from her illness) were so high, that you forget about the lows”.

In 2002 Bonnie moved from Charleston, South Carolina to Portland, Oregon. She loved Portland, bought a darling place, decorated it, and loved her job, her friends. In February she took a group of her friends to see Bruce Springsteen. She told me that it was one of the best days of her life. Bonnie was generous to a fault.

This spring she collapsed, and post various “scans” was found to ha

Juan Enriquez at Pop!Tech 2008October 28

To my extreme regret, I wasn’t to make it to Pop!Tech this year. Pop!Tech streamed a lot of its’ content, and one of the talks that was beyond brilliant was by Juan Enriquez.

I have met Juan at a number of prior Pop!Techs, and have found him to be a Renaissance man.

Juan’s most recent talk is now up, and should be required viewing by everyone.

Watch it… and think about what he says.

Gist or Thinking about your world in a different way...October 23

One of the companies that I have been working with here in Seattle is Gist.

Gist is building a product that might just change how you think about information/relationships forever. My friend T.A. McCann is going to be on the Scoble Show on WorkFast on Friday, e.g.

10:00-10:30AM Pacific

Fast Company TV www.fastcompany.tv

then at 10:35-11:00AM Pacific, Robert and T.A. will do some live Q&A on Kyte TV www.kyte.tv/scobleizer

I highly recommend that you what the show. T.A. and his team are on to something, and well worth your time.

And also sign up for the beta, and oh, what does Gist do? Tune in and watch, once T.A. starts his demo, it will take you about 10 seconds to get it.

I keep telling people that there are all kinds of cool products being built and Gist is one of them.