StrengthsFinder 2.0

December 5, 2009

Below are my top five themes of talent, ranked in the order revealed by my responses to the Clifton StrengthsFinder.

How well do you think these themes describe me?  I’m very interested to find out what yours are too so please comment if/when you have yours.
Achiever
People who are especially talented in the Achiever theme have a [...]

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Why integrity doesn’t matter any more that gravity.

December 4, 2009

Integrity schmegrity. Consider the baseline of diminishing integrity phenomena. Most folks don’t play at 100% integrity, and that’s why they get less that optimal results. Consider that the difference between 100% and 99% integrity is literally vaster and deeper than the Grand Canyon.
Here’s the deal, it seems to me that most folks run a ‘cost [...]

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Darrell Smith – Pedal Steel Vibe

November 24, 2009

Darrell Smith is one of my favorite people on the planet, plus he’s playing one of my all time favorite tones (something he says he made for me, but I hardly believe him).
What I love about Darrell is he brings out the best version of me. Truly a hero of mine, and so I’m honored [...]

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Charity Water – Scott Harrison’s Story

November 22, 2009

If you don’t yet know about Charity Water, it’s an amazing story. In just three years it’s blossomed to an international movement to provide clean water to folks that need it. This year they raised $12M so far is the word on the street. Truly and inspiring story from Charity Water founder Scott Harrison, also [...]

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Kurty D’s Birthday Jam 9/19/2009

October 29, 2009

It’s a tradition. We jam out on my birthday.

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Read Write Web Video Interview with Kurt Daradics: CitySourced Brings Real-Time Tech to Enterprise & Government

October 29, 2009

My good friend and Roadtwip compani0n Jolie O’Dell took some time to interview me at the Read Write Web Real Time Summit a few weeks ago in Mountain View. It’s a good overview of what we’re doing with CitySourced.
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CitySourced Brings Real-Time Tech to Enterprise & Government
The real-time web isn’t just for social apps. Its power [...]

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Daniel Lanois

October 12, 2009

So one of my all time musical heros  is the producer from Montreal named Dan Lanois.  Come to find out, Dan and I share same birthday (Sept 19th), which will be even more of a trip by the time you finish reading this post I presume.
Dan has produced some of my favorite records, for example:

The [...]

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Peter Hirshberg of Technorati & The Conversation Group

October 3, 2009

Peter is a legendary figure. I’ve had the pleasure to meet Peter recently, he was on our EXCELLENT PANEL (worth the 40 mins!) at the Digital Family Summit #DFS09.
I am totally inspired by who he’s being and what he’s up to, and I’m delighted that he’s taken an interest in the mobile 311 app we [...]

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Who gets to decide what you want?

August 31, 2009

Seth Godin continues to inspire me with his insights, simple yet so practical.
Who gets to decide what you want?

When George Washington was a teenager, did he really, really, really want a car?
Unlikely.
In order to want something, you probably need to know it exists. But my guess is that it surely helps if you’ve been marketed [...]

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Do you have any examples of where any sort of civic engagement outreach/campaigns affected legislation?

August 25, 2009

Hey gang- Huge BIG favor that might be really easy for you.
Do you have any examples of where any sort of civic engagement outreach/campaign affected legislation?
I’m looking for more granular examples than a response like “the civil rights movement”, but more so examples of specific petitions or letter writing campaigns that might have contributed to getting some [...]

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