Off The Grid

by Dean Whittaker What would it be like to be off the communication grid for two weeks? No cell phone, no email, no television, no radio, no newspaper…face-to-face communication only. I had this experience recently while sailing in the McGregor Bay, a...

The iPod and Podcasting

by Dean Whittaker The iPod, Apple Computer’s deck-of-card-sized device for listening to music, has long been a hit with the younger generation–now it is starting to find its way into the hands of us oldsters. To date, 42 million iPods have been sold since...

Empathy

by Dean Whittaker Who needs empathy, and why should you care? In the Conceptual Age, where concepts (ideas) are the medium of exchange, the ability to forge relationships and better understand what motivates behavior will distinguish those who flourish and those who...