A playful Hawaiian seal is loved by many, but he eventually could turn dangerous as he continues to grow. As John Blackstone reports, a wildlife rescue team is hoping this seal can beat the odds.

I was watching Cops and saw this commercial before I could skip over them with my DVR. I love hearing stories of people who find their passion and go for it.

Life in Perpetual Beta is a “documentary film about the ways in which technology has/is/will change the ways in which we think about ourselves as individuals and a society.  It is exploring the cultural shift that technology creates as it enables people to live less planned and more passionate lives.”  It isn’t finished yet so the above clip is a preview but it looks interesting.  It is no secret I’m not a big planner, I like to live life day by day as much as possible.  I loved the tag line of the documentary “is a planned life worth living?”.

I am leading a technical communications discussion at CMMA’s Fall Conference in Park City, UT next month to kick-off the Monday session which I am very excited about.  I was asked to participate on a panel about YouTube in the enterprise at the Scottsdale, AZ conference last year and I think I was controversial (or opinionated) enough to keep things interesting so I’m hoping to generate some good discussion at the next meeting as well.  I thought it would be funny to show this video because it demonstrates what can go wrong when people are put in charge of communications who don’t have the right tools to “keep things afloat”.  I’m hoping to post my presentation so others can benefit so stay tuned if interested.  I’m also hoping to have it recorded so I can post it up on my blog but we’ll see if I have rights to do so.  If nothing else I’m sure I can get someone to record it from my camera for me.

I watch CBS News each night and part of the reason I love CBS News is they try and incorporate positive news stories.  Most news channels focus so much on what is going wrong in the world instead of what is going right.  If this video doesn’t move you, you probably need to look at yourself.  Great story…