Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

When you're at the swimming pool, it's a time for swimming, splashing, and fun. With family and friends, it's even a ...

The old Dr Seuss story of The Cat In The Hat had the crazy part when "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" jump out from under...

Ben Breedlove died at age 18 from a fourth heart attack on 25 December 2011 Here is his story of multiple near-death experiences and how he...

This is a winner to me when it comes to smartest bathroom signage. From graphic designer, Aliza Dzik. I like that the signage iden...

People can perform good and kind deeds--they can love and care and share, they can be giving and help others in need, and they can inno...

My new article in Government Executive is out today. Called "Too Big To Succeed"--the article talks about the importance of simpl...

It's a funny time of year. Folks are celebrating the holidays, and for some of them the traditional office party is full of cheer...

A swarm is a large number of organisms generally in motion. According to Swarm Theory, the collective exhibits superior intelligence ...

I am very excited by this new assistive technology for personal mobility coming out of Japan that can be used to help the aged or handicappe...

Leading by decree rather than merit usually means that the people are either beaten or brainwashed into submission--this is oddly remini...

I don't know if you've seen this--it's pretty popular, but I just really liked it: “Beware of your thoughts, they become...

Unbelievable video of Nick Vujicic coaching people to believe in themselves. The catch is that Nick himself is missing all four limbs. Yet ...

For anyone who has ever stayed at the Four Seasons, you know it is an incredible hotel. Customer service reins supreme and that'...

New "love" app out of the U.K. called I Just Made Love (IJML). This one is not for the modest or privacy-conscious. The ...

Yes, we lost a drone in Iran and they won't give it back--that stinks! Initially, the word coming out was it was a mishap, an acc...

Some of you may have watched the HBO series called Six Feet Under that ran from about 2000-2005 about a family that owned a funeral home...

This is a great video on the power of words, but also on the caring of one for another. We can make a difference with our words! Words can ...

One more very impressive act on this Sunday afternoon. 10 illusions in less than 5 minutes. Hans Klok is amazing--especially impressive to ...

This is a terrific performance by Laserman. He seems to break all the laws of physics and manipulates laser light beams as if it is both a v...

As you already know, I appreciate a good infographic. Unfortunately, I think many of the ones coming out recently are too jumbled, ...

So you work hard and play hard. You're always in "on mode". Of course, it's a 24 x 7 world. Welcome to the 21st cent...

For years, there has been all sorts of uproar about the U.S. and its citizens and businesses losing their edge . From critics who p...

I saw this picture and immediately feel in love with it--it is so simple, yet so brilliant. Like the 6 days of creation and then G...

This was my introduction to Wingsuit Flying. It's an extension of death-defying BASE jumping off of B uildings, A ntennas, S pans (br...

Pretty much everyone knows the Ripple Effect when it comes to a pond of water, but we don't think of this principle as much when i...

This is a video that the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) sent to Congress to appeal to them not to cut funding to all t...

The Done Manifesto with 13 principles of getting to done has been circulated since 2009 (and recently reprinted in LifeHacker ). It wa...

There is "more than one way to skin a cat" and there are those who take the high road, and others who take the low road to get to...

The New York Times (27 November 2011) has an interesting article under "bright ideas" called Turn on the Server. It's Co...