tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67558699095348357912012-02-17T15:54:46.326+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-33617829347251520582011-06-03T10:18:00.039+14:002011-12-30T14:34:55.679+14:002011-12-30T14:34:55.679+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com1Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA, USA34.04431198224273 -116.3580413807616833.820894982242734 -116.95519888076167 34.26772898224273 -115.76088388076168 Perfect circle for meal time; built in Joshua Tree desert with Marin kids. I read about Steve Jobs and the cereal bar that was built at Pixar, and Ed Catmull's commitment to trying to eat lunch with every new employee. Why brilliant? Because after guiding thousands of people, ranging from juvenile delinquents to company CEO's,  I have learned that Food is a fundamental building block in <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i1PkWKRwYvxgHLd4JKdvYb7YHo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i1PkWKRwYvxgHLd4JKdvYb7YHo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i1PkWKRwYvxgHLd4JKdvYb7YHo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i1PkWKRwYvxgHLd4JKdvYb7YHo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/SdDYrr05IPU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2011/05/captain-crunch-with-steve-jobs-spagetti.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-23792117771170409432011-03-30T06:58:00.009+14:002011-12-30T14:34:55.674+14:002011-12-30T14:34:55.674+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com0by Kaki Flynn Randy Pausch is famous for the Last Lecture he gave before he passed away in 2008. This talk on time management is the one he thought would be the most popular, since he breaks down the other half of achieving your dreams: hard work. An example of how he was the master of time management is the Last Lecture book. He was most likely going to die very soon - within months - and he <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAPbCsfv7DYQMiReBpNh06z6kqw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAPbCsfv7DYQMiReBpNh06z6kqw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAPbCsfv7DYQMiReBpNh06z6kqw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAPbCsfv7DYQMiReBpNh06z6kqw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/m5bSrTIp81U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2011/03/randy-pausch-lecture-time-management.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-90231353030561184782011-03-28T09:00:00.013+14:002011-12-12T09:13:26.968+14:002011-12-12T09:13:26.968+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com3 Chuck Williams at work. To see more pieces, visit his studio. by Kaki Flynn // Editor // Jacksonville Mag Chuck Williams has Madonna to thank, in part, for his career as a professional sculptor that has spanned more than 20 years. Jeffrey Katzenberg, a high-profile entertainment executive, came across a piece Williams had sculpted. Katzenberg was impressed, and asked Williams to create a <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TnU4xJt61v3ipU9hpTLsogoBQDM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TnU4xJt61v3ipU9hpTLsogoBQDM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TnU4xJt61v3ipU9hpTLsogoBQDM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TnU4xJt61v3ipU9hpTLsogoBQDM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/ABryfYHQ9fg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2011/03/disney-senior-sculptor-chuck-williams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-4775266098866640802011-03-15T19:26:00.009+14:002011-12-12T09:13:26.963+14:002011-12-12T09:13:26.963+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com0Why graphic novels need to move to the front of the classroom Kaki Flynn editor, Jacksonville Magazine Spider-Man needs to get schooled. iPods, graphic-heavy websites and an influx of news sources from short tweets to "YouTubing" everything has altered the way the world communicates. Many schools, however, are lagging behind in this revolution. Graphic novels and comic books are a great way <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DYki5BqTq2qcuwsZjS7nnLh-6_s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DYki5BqTq2qcuwsZjS7nnLh-6_s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DYki5BqTq2qcuwsZjS7nnLh-6_s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DYki5BqTq2qcuwsZjS7nnLh-6_s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/6KTRb8kACdU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2011/03/visual-revolution.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-84376676026286158502011-03-15T08:33:00.009+14:002011-12-30T14:34:55.684+14:002011-12-30T14:34:55.684+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com0FIRST Robotics Competition Encourages Innovation by Kaki Flynn Joseph Bolling (left), Lead Inventor for Team Resistance, with author Kaki Flynn.  The two-car garage at JEA engineer Todd Lovelace's house looks like something out of a Star Wars junkyard, with robots in different levels of assembly hanging from the ceiling, in boxes and in the backyard. This is Team Resistance, a group of 40- <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p7G8JraspcU97MsJBwJrmTjYiPw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p7G8JraspcU97MsJBwJrmTjYiPw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p7G8JraspcU97MsJBwJrmTjYiPw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p7G8JraspcU97MsJBwJrmTjYiPw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/6cSmD8gqGUQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2011/03/young-inventors-learn-to-save-world.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-45855977232442757252006-12-19T19:03:00.002+14:002011-03-13T06:59:17.711+14:002011-03-13T06:59:17.711+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com0 I saw the Haka performed at the Churchill Cup in New Zealand, led by team captain Farah Palmer, who lead her team to a 2006 World Cup victory in September. One of the coolest dances in women's sports. This video is from the side, but gives you the general idea. Here is a story about the New Zealand women's rugby team, written for the now-defunct women's rugby magazine, Match Report: All That <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6xVGbjjw2jLsl3ei46ShXHw1GY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6xVGbjjw2jLsl3ei46ShXHw1GY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6xVGbjjw2jLsl3ei46ShXHw1GY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6xVGbjjw2jLsl3ei46ShXHw1GY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/rh9DV2YyAII" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2006/12/new-zealand-rugby-teams-haka.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755869909534835791.post-52725093920016402932006-12-18T14:24:00.001+14:002011-07-13T09:06:51.287+14:002011-07-13T09:06:51.287+14:00Kaki Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365597155297162565noreply@blogger.com0 by Kaki Flynn for usolympicteam.com “Who’s Brandi Chastain?” I asked the person sitting next to me. I was in soccer heaven -- Chapel Hill, N.C. -- working at a soccer company to pay for journalism school. I had just gotten off the phone with Chad Chastain, who had more notoriety at the time than his sister in our soccer world, because he could score us good discounts on soccer gear from Nike, <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3MnL0nTB_4XjHGLNMH-IdChPJG4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3MnL0nTB_4XjHGLNMH-IdChPJG4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3MnL0nTB_4XjHGLNMH-IdChPJG4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3MnL0nTB_4XjHGLNMH-IdChPJG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KakiFlynn/~4/NikiNpTZt4M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kakiflynn.com/2006/12/mia-hamm-and-brandi-chastain-interview.html