Inspired by Doc Searls I’m going to try some more frequent notes based blogging, using Wordland to post directly to my blog.  I use to post much more frequently to this blog, when I first started it in 2002. It was my digital thinking space, and it has always been a useful and searchable archive of what I’ve been thinking at a certain time.  In the late aughts and early 2010s I got seduced by the enclosed spaces for doing this. largely through Facebook and Twitter and now both of those are gone to me and no longer useful . So what about returning here, to notes and links and a little commentary?  The interface I’m using for this post is from Wordland, which is an extremely clean, stripped down interface for WordPress that makes it dead easy to post.  I think I have my blog settings set up so that these notes posts don’t get shipped to my email subscribers. They won’t be too exciting for folks and I want to keep that list largely populated with more thoughtful writing. Bit I like the idea that those of you who have stumbled here or are reading through your newsreader get to see some of this stuff. It will be random, each note will contain the date as a title.  There is no fixed schedule, but I’m hopeful it will get me in the mood to write more frequently as I won’t worry about audience.

So here goes. Test one.

• Birth of a Bowen Island dynasty? http://post.ly/2npzu #
• Summer evening down at The Pier at Snug Cove Ferry Terminal on #SoundCloud http://snd.sc/pGOMn7 #
• Boats on Mannion Bay http://post.ly/2ohQG #
• If we knew the causes of the London riots, would that help stop the next ones? No. Society needs a better handle on complexity, not causes. #
• Trojan T-shirts trap German fans http://zite.to/oxXmBF a left wing rock group in Germany plays a trick on right wing extremists. #
• “Recreational looting” in perspective http://zite.to/niiDUn via @zite. This is a good summary on what I have been saying about complexity. #
• That hasn't happened cos Arsenal's still has room. RT @ikelana:The safest place to hide is in Spurs' trophy cabinet. Loads of space. #coys #
• Basic design for extraordinary conversations: http://t.co/5X1VgDe #
• Midsummer days begin cool and grey until the sea fog burns away http://post.ly/2pyQh #
• Yay for my dear friend Peggy! RT @CreatvEmergence: My interview w/@PeggyHolman on Innovation Tools RT @chuckfrey http://t.co/G1ky2FH #
• Useful! RT @Mushin: Interesting if you're into collective (un)consciousness and self-organising groups and systems. http://sgp.cm/dd255b #
• My final tweet on the subject RT @MartinShovel: Thoughtful piece by the always-worth-reading @chakrabortty http://t.co/q9dNy9E #
• Garden fresh lunch from tomatoes, basil and snow peas. http://post.ly/2qsTi #
• Hit in the eye with the sunrise on the first clear morning in days. http://post.ly/2rSkj #
• Welcome Robbie Keane to the #mls but too bad you chose #lagalaxy over the #WhitecapsFC #coys #
• Full moon over Whitecliff http://t.co/Gbm0UXp #
• Show David Cameron how dangerous social media is: unsubscribe from @number10gov. Don't expose yourself to dangerous thinking. #
• Thats cos Spurs was cancelled! #coys RT @Lord_Bob: Is the EPL back? I thought it was today but nobody on Twitter is mentioning it at all! #
• 2011 Miller Road garlic harvest http://t.co/rhmH7xF #
• Looking 4ward to it. @snowded: @isb_syd @simonejomoore @corza @thabo99 @PapaChrisMatts @jchyip Will blog on #cynefin and London riots #
• Mud shark washed up at Pebbly Beach http://t.co/1gkbupC #
• Too true. RT @paul_wb_wtf: Good thing #DCU players are selfish or this could be a lot worse. #WhitecapsFC #MLS #
• Only to avoid having to talk to him! RT @BlueAnWhiteArmy: Do you think that an NASL club would even *look* at Soehn after this season? #
• Martin Nash is so right. #WhitecapsFC #
• Indeed. RT @WesleyTKnight: O man… #

• Hey #whitecapsfc FO. You have to help us get supporter culture in the stands! Capos in front of the grandstand? Ushers telling folks to sing #
• #whitecapsfc pleeeease! There is no way 28000 people should be that quiet. Song sheets in the programs, drum corps leading songs… #
• #whitecapsfc I don't care how cheesy it is, we have to kickstart support in the whole stadium if support is to survive the win-loss record. #
• #whitecapsfc front office needs to make going to a game a participatory event, not a voyeuristic peek at the @southsiders. I beg of you! #
• #whitecapsfc make going to a match a full on party in the stands, and the support will bolster the players, and folks will tell others:… #
• #whitecapsfc "wow! You should come to a WFC match! It is a non stop good time in the stands!" #
• Brilliant: Guidelines for Making Wiser Decisions http://tom-atlee.posterous.com/guidelines-for-making-wiser-decisions-on-publ #
• Nice analysis! RT @squadplayer: My look at the #WhitecapsFC tactics against LA http://t.co/3w2ztXk #
• "I'm Tottenham till I die…" or until the club dies…come on you Spurs! Open the purse and pluck a striker out of the waning summer! #coys #
• Oh! A most glorious morning! #
• Me and my boy relaxing at Tunstall Bay this evening http://ow.ly/i/favd #
• Swimming with sundogs http://post.ly/2itYT #
• 30 seconds at Tunstall Bay at Tunstall Bay, Bowen Island on #SoundCloud http://snd.sc/ox2BgQ #
• Midafternoon ferry ride home http://post.ly/2jb7k #
• Early morning commute http://post.ly/2kBCT #
• Lmao! Corporate naming gone wrong! RT @CalliCatBC1: The #WhitecapsFC "Bell Pitch" will be inside a stadium that will be named by Telus? #
• Lost (#bowenislandproblems) http://post.ly/2kTkn #
• Hands up! RT @TRC_en: Hand raisedRT @naencyclopedia: How many of you actually knew Robbie is Mohawk? Raise your hand!! http://fb.me/AlAj6WNO #
• Howe sound morning http://post.ly/2kzBk #
• #whitecapsfc @southsiders who wants to help me get some singing going in sec #228 on Sunday? Simple chants for folks in The Library… #
• #whitecapsfc @southsiders "Ooo ee Hassli" "when the Caps go marching in.." "whitecaps till I die" "who ate all the pies" that kind of thing. #
• The toy deer of Bowen Island http://post.ly/2m4nj #
• 2 minutes at the annual Ball Tourney in Bowen Island at Snug Cove Field, Bowen Island on #SoundCloud http://snd.sc/rr023G #
• Great TED talk on social and contemplative listening. RT @spoutnikx: Listen louder instead of shouting louder http://t.co/C4UctT1 #
• Great! Esp the 6 lessons RT @theturner: Forget the Dow, here are the numbers that mattered this week — http://t.co/1puo14v #
• What do you mean you don't have a copy of Ron Woodall's book yet? http://post.ly/2mlJV #

Returning a feature to Fridays:

• A neat article on religious athletic wear.
• How to build a canoe, how to undress a birch tree.
• A great TED talk:  Geoffrey West on the mathematics of organization

• Heading on to the Denman Island ferry after a great weekend soccer tournament. Proud to be a Fighting Apodaca!! #
• Another grey summer morning on the west coast http://ow.ly/i/eSnX #
• Beautiful twilight walk at Killarney Lake: beavers, frogs, Swainson's Thrushes and a baby Barred Owl. #
• Summer morning, crossing Howe Sound. http://ow.ly/i/eYaF #
• "Learning how to be kind to” http://whiskeyriver.blogspot.com/2011/07/learning-how-to-be-kind-to-ourselves.html #
• It's and incredible morning, clear and warm and sweet. And a great day for football! Go #whitecapsfc Let's get points against LA! #
• U.S.: In state of denial over taxes? (null) via @globeandmail iPhone app #
• I have an extra ticket in our season tix for the #whitecapsfc game today. Good seat. $35, phone if you want it. 778 997 9236. #
• #whitecapsfc my son nicknamed our section 228 "the Library" b/c no1 makes any noise Thank god the drummers were with us 2day @southsiders #