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Dear Stomp: Are you hiring?

I saw this show with my Mom in London, England.  It was amazing.  AMAZING.
I’m not sure how, but my Mom fell asleep.

She told me afterwards that she was surprised that there were other people out there who were like me (referring to the performers).  She was half-joking, but I will admit, I gave her a hard time growing up “making music” with my tap shoes (on the forbidden tiles) and with the pots and pans (as I was doing the dishes or putting them back in their respective places in the cupboards less than steadfastly).

Anyway, if anyone wants to start a Stomp-like show for amateurs in Toronto …. Find me and let me loose!

Making sense of blogs and blogging

This is a great explanation about blogs, produced by Common Craft.

This post is for people who ask me what blogging is and still don’t really get it because I never seem to have any cut-out images handy to aid in my over-gesticulated explanation.

They have created a few other videos explaining social media and social media tools, available on their blog and YouTube.  I would say that they probably explain them better than you, I, or even Wikipedia can.  Their videos are concise (a few minutes long), use plain language (no tech or other jargon) and are entertaining to watch.

In fact, I love what they do.  To me, this demonstrates what great communications should be:  easy to understand; easy and quick to consume; creative, unique and stylish.