UPDATE:The videos are no longer on YouTube due to an internal issue within the client. Shawn has promised to upload others soon.

This video is a great example of how sharing stories, across geographical boundaries, can be used to share knowledge and impact the bottom line. Thanks to the Anecdote crew.

Amber at Breathless Noon has posted a series of well written childhood memories delving into the escapades that lead up to her brother and her being baptized. Let me not say more about them, lest I spoil their hilarious nature.

The Egypt Game: A Childhood Memory

Speaking in Tongues: Part 2 of a childhood memoir

I've been spending some time in the South African town Welkom (Vel-kom) working on a project with Sonja. Welkom is renowned for its traffic circles. Welkom is in fact the last bastion of traffic circles as a traffic management system in South Africa. There was uproar recently as Welkom installed its first traffic light. They are very proud of their traffic circles and take their associated identity as a town more seriously than their support of the local rugby side. This patriotism is embodied in a simple joke:

Q: How do you know if there is a Jo'burger in Welkom?

A: There are accidents at the traffic circles.

A traffic circle is a wonderful example of a organic, naturally-flowing system. The argument for traffic circles over traffic lights seems to make much sense. Check out the Magic Roundabout - there is apparently never congestion in Swindon as a result of this system.