march 16

for our MOM: See how still you can become.

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "One of These Things First" by Nick Drake; "Rehearsals for Retirement" by Phil Ochs; "Get Out of the Ghetto Blues" by Gil Scott-Heron]
According to the research of the Quote Investigator, a 1910 biography of Thomas Edison featured this anecdote: "I found him at a bench about three feet wide and twelve to fifteen feet long, on which there were hundreds of little test cells that had been made up by his corps of chemists and experimenters. He was seated at this bench testing, figuring, and planning. I then learned that he had thus made over nine thousand experiments in trying to devise this new type of storage battery, but had not produced a single thing that promised to solve the question. In view of this immense amount of thought and labor, my sympathy got the better of my judgment, and I said: ‘Isn’t it a shame that with the tremendous amount of work you have done you haven’t been able to get any results?’ Edison turned on me like a flash, and with a smile replied: ‘Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results! I know several thousand things that won’t work.’"

Describe a time when you felt like there was a mistake, or a failure, or an obstacle that actually helped you clarify your work process, create a new strategy, and improve your results.

AGENDA:

1. our MOM
2. Journal
3. Another approach to our Declaration of Digital Interdependence 

DELIVERABLES:

1. Please bring your blog up to date - what are you doing for your mental and physical fitness today?
2. Please reflect on today's approach to the Declaration, and the resources (and link) that Martin shared, and publish your thoughts on your blog in a post entitled OPEN SOURCE THINKING.