Life happens. It’s easy to get swept away by our myriad responsibilities and lose sight of our personal […]
Setting Personal OKRs
Crafting Personal OKRs for Real Change
In the quest for personal growth and improvement, setting Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can be a transformative […]
Out for Q1
Lucky me, I had a concussion in October and didn’t rest. Now I’m taking off Q1 to rest. […]
Still Here
I have some things I need to get off my chest. This is a ramble, but I’m in […]
5 Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Teaching
Five years ago I walked away from corporate life and started teaching. I thought it’d be easy; I […]
Summer Reading
What if summer reading wasn’t trashy but fun, but wonderful reads that were wonderful all the way through? […]
Raising Money to Provide a Meaningful Internship for a Student
I’ve never tried anything like this, but I’m using GoFundMe to provide an internship for a student. Please […]
Top Twenty Most Popular Posts of 2016
Meant to publish this in January, but it got lost in my drafts folder… ah well. Busy year […]
Personal OKRs, Three Years Later
Don’t know anything about OKRs? Read The Art of the OKR first, and/or Personal OKRs. Also, personal OKRs are […]
After NaNoWriMo
If you’ve never heard the acronym Nanowrimo, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. Each November half a […]
Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is […]
A Joy Project
Last spring, a class I was going to teach got cancelled because of a scheduling mixup. I got […]
Are you tired?
After coming home exhausted from a very social weekend, my coach the wonderful Andrea Corney asked me, what […]
It’s Not Easy Being She
tl;dr If you knew having a woman’s name would sink your sales, would you use a pen name? Writing […]
How to Choose
I’m overwhelmed. You are probably overwhelmed also. The last week, it’s been my inbox. I’ve got so many […]
Sunday Report. Status: Giddy
Reminder: if you love these blog posts, buy my essay collection. Keep me writing! “I look into Christina […]
Breaking Point
I worked in restaurants for many years before I fell in love with the internet. If you wait […]
Sunday Report
I got a request to bring Sunday report back into play. It makes sense, since Gleanings, back when […]
My Year in Highlights
Here are this year’s highlights from my reading on the kindle. I find it interesting that I barely highlit […]
10 Ways to Read More Books Next Year
After reading 70 books, Austin Kleon listed his advice on reading more books. I hit my personal adult reading […]
Favorite Reads in 2014
In 2014, I went everywhere. That’s a topic for another post. But travel means lots and lots of […]
DO DO: A Productivity Game
I’ve been blocked for two days. I kept sitting down at the computer to work, then I’d get […]
Where in the World is Wodtke?
As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d share my upcoming workshops and talks Interactions 14 South […]
Places Make Us
My Keynote from Midwest UX is available. it is about how, as we make places, places make us […]
The Sunday Report
This week has mostly been about writing. I’m revising my book, and I needed a way to make […]
How to Change the World in Four Simple Steps
The world is full of trouble. Racism, sexism, war, greed. You want to make things better, but it […]
The Sunday Report
I’m going to try something new here, and round-up the cool stuff I found each week while doing […]
Diversity Is Hard
The opening keynote was a woman, the closing keynote a black man. In between there were 16 white […]
Heuristics for Living
If you don’t know what a heuristic is, it’s a short phrase that reminds you of a body […]
Living Lean
If I were to explain Lean Startup as briefly as I’m able, I’d say it’s an approach where […]