50 Things we learned in the last year

There's a bunch of great stories and links in this compilation by TampaBayOnline. There's a few things I had forgotten and a few new ones listed.

What a wild and crazy year. I still feel that exponential theory as applied to the technology of our daily lives is speeding up our society at breakneck speeds. Every year it seems as though everyone makes the statement –"So many more things happened in the last year than the year before."

Well, here's hoping 2009 doesn't break us all, in so many different ways.

Brian Storm: Passion

Here's the text of Brian Storm's –the brain behind MediaStorm– commencement address to the journalism graduates at the University of Missouri.

Lots of good ideas, thoughts and advice. Read it.