Critt Jarvis

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Tuesday, February 15, 2010

Good morning. I am Critt Jarvis, and this is Conversation Base.

I want to suggest four conversations this week, each sparked by recent conversations I’ve had with trusted friends.

War in the context of everything else

On Facebook last week, longtime friends Julia Wasson (a.k.a. @OrganicPlanet)and Cassandra Woel, unknown to one another, each shared an anti-war clip entitled, “Amazing Speech by War Veteran.” I’ll hold my reactive thoughts to this piece, but let them develop in their own time.

Going forward, for ground, we’ll use Tom Barnett’s memetic premise, “Disconnectedness defines danger,” to begin drawing a “new map for peace.” That’s what we ought to be working toward, I think.

As soon as I’ve published the post, I’ll come back here to provide a link.

Envisioning information, thoughts illustrated

Friend Dave Davison has a passion for the language of illustration, its utility. One such post last week, “What makes good information design?” evoked a WTF! response from mutual friend, Mark Safranski (a.k.a @zenpundit). So begins the conversation of learning to envision and express information. More to come, Wednesday.

Honduras, connecting in conversation

I have an affinity for Honduras, which began a few years ago, evoked by the stories I heard at the annual Conference on Honduras, in Copan Ruinas. Plenty good things are happening in Honduras, and I want you to know about them.

But first, take a reading from Honduras Weekly, Making a Case for the Return of NGOs to Honduras, to gain a fresh perspective.

Thursday, I’ll write about my affiliations and interests. Again, I’ll link from here, as well.

Bounce: Conversation Base is back

I once owned the domain name conversationbase.com, but managed to let go of it in spectacular failure. However, now, bouncing back, I’ve decided it’s the right thing to do–build my online brand as Conversation Base.

Of course, I Googled “conversation base” to see what I’d find. Much to my chagrin, the name is again available… for $2495. It’s not within my means to acquire it from its current, clever owner. But Hey! We can check in from time to time, see if the name really has EXTREME BRANDABILITY. Hooah!

On Friday comes Conversation Base. Nouns and verbs and illustrations, combined to tell a story. Ought to be fun, you know?

As always, feed back is encouraged and welcomed. Simply leave a comment, or send me an email.

Thanks :)

Critt’s Cube is about…

… asking questions, within a framework.

Critt’s Cube is a map for Explorers

I’ve used it on expeditions such as …Discover The Rules, and now I want to journey the world.

It’ll be helpful to recruit some curious folk to begin. Old friend Larry Dunbar’s usually up for this sort of gig, so let’s see if we can snag his attention, with Twitter.

Another Test, okay?

Figuring out a few basic things I can do to consistently produce good video.

<--- The Man Behind The Curtain

Heh.

Comments,as always, can be sent to me via email or simply leave a comment below.

<--- Critt Jarvis (is listening) :)

But, what exactly is he pointing to?

Monday’s coming…

This is a test

If you have ideas about how to make this better, you can send me an email or leave a comment on this post.

For this test I embedded from YouTube, but I want to experiment with other hosts, too.

Let the conversation begin :)