Comments on: The Most Important Thing™ http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83037 dnorman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83037 Brian, I'm going to blatantly mimicking you, DJ Wiki. Brian, I’m going to blatantly mimicking you, DJ Wiki.

]]> By: brent http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83116 brent Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83116 This was a great post... I mean now that you mention it i realize that i've needed something like ITTMITICBD too for a long time, living like this, so enmeshed in the network, makes it easy to get distracted into a myriad of pursuits. Your new focus lends itself to a meeting of techs and educators that is going to be happening in Vancouver next week at the Commonwealth of Learning. We'd love if you could attend, it's an open meeting. More here: http://www.wikieducator.org/Tectonic_shift_think_tank brent. This was a great post… I mean now that you mention it i realize that i’ve needed something like ITTMITICBD too for a long time, living like this, so enmeshed in the network, makes it easy to get distracted into a myriad of pursuits. Your new focus lends itself to a meeting of techs and educators that is going to be happening in Vancouver next week at the Commonwealth of Learning. We’d love if you could attend, it’s an open meeting. More here: http://www.wikieducator.org/Tectonic_shift_think_tank

brent.

]]> By: Aron http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83121 Aron Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83121 <em>I can no longer kid myself that I can write code. I'm not a coder anymore. I can edit code. I can understand what's going on, but I'm not a coder anymore, if I ever was.</em> As I've been staring at a coding project lately (literally... just haven't been able to actually force myself to code) this really echoes my sentiments. I can no longer kid myself that I can write code. I’m not a coder anymore. I can edit code. I can understand what’s going on, but I’m not a coder anymore, if I ever was.

As I’ve been staring at a coding project lately (literally… just haven’t been able to actually force myself to code) this really echoes my sentiments.

]]> By: Jim http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83122 Jim Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83122 All I can say is, "I love it!" Sorry to be prosaic, but it all sounds so right to me. All I can say is, “I love it!” Sorry to be prosaic, but it all sounds so right to me.

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83123 Carolyn Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83123 "Creative Commons, Open Education Resources (not Learning Objects), personal publishing, remix culture, and things that empower individuals rather than Institutions" I look forward to seeing where this journey leads you - anything I can learn is something I can pass onto my own kids. My kids are enrolled in a distributive learning program here in BC. “Creative Commons, Open Education Resources (not Learning Objects), personal publishing, remix culture, and things that empower individuals rather than Institutions”

I look forward to seeing where this journey leads you – anything I can learn is something I can pass onto my own kids. My kids are enrolled in a distributive learning program here in BC.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83124 dnorman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83124 @Chris - I'm pretty sure that what I'm feeling right now wouldn't be described as "clarity" - but I've got a bit of a sense of what I'm thinking through, at least... I'm really not sure where this train of thought will lead me, but it feels important enough to follow it, and to do it openly. Could be interesting, or not. Too early to tell. @Chris – I’m pretty sure that what I’m feeling right now wouldn’t be described as “clarity” – but I’ve got a bit of a sense of what I’m thinking through, at least…

I’m really not sure where this train of thought will lead me, but it feels important enough to follow it, and to do it openly. Could be interesting, or not. Too early to tell.

]]> By: Heather Ross http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83125 Heather Ross Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83125 Bravo D'Arcy. Bravo D’Arcy.

]]> By: Scott Leslie http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83126 Scott Leslie Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83126 Every day I receive an email from the Daily Om, some thoughtful words to meditate on. Today's were - http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2007/7717.html - seemed kind of appropriate. "Whatever we imagine ourselves musing upon during our last breath will almost always be representative of what truly matters to us." Every day I receive an email from the Daily Om, some thoughtful words to meditate on. Today’s were – http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2007/7717.html – seemed kind of appropriate. “Whatever we imagine ourselves musing upon during our last breath will almost always be representative of what truly matters to us.”

]]> By: Cole http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83135 Cole Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83135 D, these are important and almost contagious comments. I have been feeling a lot like this lately -- changes everywhere (from my daily mindset to my long term goals) and they are all pointing me in a similar direction. When I step back and look at where I am and where I might be headed I can't help but feel as though I am on the path to something good ... I just have no idea what it is. I know it isn't the career, job, whatever ... with the birth of my second child this past Fall, my head has been spinning and the inner conflict raging. I am more confident than ever in who I am, but less and less confident about the exact path I am on. I am changing, the space I exist in is changing, and my priorities are changing. Funny, as I type, Ben Folds randomly appeared with Brick in my ears ... I think the things you are thinking about (and sharing with us all) are where many of us find ourselves as we start to approach the curve in the road. What lies ahead is more important now that we have come to grips with "the most important thing(s)" in our lives and it is both exciting and scary -- and those two switch order on a minute to minute basis. I am glad to see my friends pausing and thinking about the common good, but I am also happy to see them stop and spend some time reflecting on their own common good. Keep the insights coming and keep pushing. Your work is important -- even if it isn't the most important thing. D, these are important and almost contagious comments. I have been feeling a lot like this lately — changes everywhere (from my daily mindset to my long term goals) and they are all pointing me in a similar direction. When I step back and look at where I am and where I might be headed I can’t help but feel as though I am on the path to something good … I just have no idea what it is. I know it isn’t the career, job, whatever … with the birth of my second child this past Fall, my head has been spinning and the inner conflict raging. I am more confident than ever in who I am, but less and less confident about the exact path I am on. I am changing, the space I exist in is changing, and my priorities are changing.

Funny, as I type, Ben Folds randomly appeared with Brick in my ears … I think the things you are thinking about (and sharing with us all) are where many of us find ourselves as we start to approach the curve in the road. What lies ahead is more important now that we have come to grips with “the most important thing(s)” in our lives and it is both exciting and scary — and those two switch order on a minute to minute basis. I am glad to see my friends pausing and thinking about the common good, but I am also happy to see them stop and spend some time reflecting on their own common good.

Keep the insights coming and keep pushing. Your work is important — even if it isn’t the most important thing.

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/04/04/the-most-important-thing/#comment-83143 Chris L Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1767418015#comment-83143 This is valuable... thanks for posting it. Due to sickness and presentations and travel I'm still processing some of the conversations I had-- and some of what I witnessed-- at Northern Voice, the sum total of which add up to having feelings much like those you have eloquently shared. A year ago this month I met with a friend and said I was going to see what happened professionally over the next year and then decide if I really wanted to be doing what I am doing. It has been a great year, and I have no desire to leave (like you, father-dom comes first and I won't subject them to the hand-to-mouth living of trying to live off of writing poetry), but I feel a strong need to focus. In other words, what is important? I hope to find the clarity you seem to have found! This is valuable… thanks for posting it. Due to sickness and presentations and travel I’m still processing some of the conversations I had– and some of what I witnessed– at Northern Voice, the sum total of which add up to having feelings much like those you have eloquently shared.

A year ago this month I met with a friend and said I was going to see what happened professionally over the next year and then decide if I really wanted to be doing what I am doing. It has been a great year, and I have no desire to leave (like you, father-dom comes first and I won’t subject them to the hand-to-mouth living of trying to live off of writing poetry), but I feel a strong need to focus. In other words, what is important?

I hope to find the clarity you seem to have found!

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