| I have not been writing for a long long time.... Facebook has taken a toll on my Xanga!!
I am planning for an event on Oct 31, 2009: "OpenEverything 2009"
 
Interesting video link on Leadership and social change
Quote for the day... "Kiss up, Kick down" .. what is wrong today in this world.
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| I had a chance yesterday to listen Prof. Harry Lewis, professor of computer science at Harvard and the former dean of Harvard College yesterday. He is co-author of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion. I read his previous book "Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education" when I was trying to see how HKU fit into the picture..
He talked about digital footprints in the Internet that can be be a source of useful profile about individual and his/her past. The good thing about the internet is what is good or bad about you is searchable and at least you know what "conversation" on you is in progress. If they are rumours or slandering statements you have a chance to rectify this. What is worse are ongoing conversations that people use to talk behind your back intentionally or in disguise.
I can't help thinking of examples during the talk about the covert and unspoken activities that my fellow past colleagues undertook to be in position of power. If Prof Harry Lewis update his book to include more great universities, I suggest the following title: of "Excellance Without a Soul: How great universities forgot integrity".
Did I hear that we ought to be more suspicious of the man behind facebook? I think Prof Lewis would enjoy the many stories HK has to offer that can add to his collection of case studies for his online course. He will be blown to smaller bits of atoms!
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| Once of those rare days that I am still not asleep by 3:00 am!! Look out the sky and no stars could be found.
Took the time to do some important e-mail chores to take my mind off things. Today is HKU foundation day .. and I had a chance to sit on the bench overlooking the lily pond and reflect on what I did on 31st December 2006. The flowers are blooming with spring time.
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| It has been such a long time since made an entry.... in is now March and I have 2 days to polish up my 2 1/2 years of work into a working proposal. Took some time out to SIT for an our hour. After I have SAT one can feel the changes in one mental state: still impulsive to still & awake!!
Hope to conduct more training in the next few months on SIT and CALM.
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