i happened upon the random 1 series on a&e a couple of weeks back and have really enjoyed each show that i have gotten a chance to watch. the principal is really simple ... take time, listen, be kind and good things will happen. in a word, insirational.

doing so isn't easy. john and andre work very hard to "mak things happen" ... and are genuine through and through.

i suspect the recipe can be further boiled down to one word ... sincerity.

i also suspect that, as random 1 suggests and to a degree proves, that a small amount of kindness invested goes a long way in the creating a "change state" such that kindness is perpetuated and, quite possibly, returned.

random 1 is about connecting people.

the systems and, more importantly, people i get to meet, learn from and "build with" are very motivating. it's the connections. from the one campaign, to the one laptop per child and james burke's knowledge web project ... life changing initiatives. it feels good. real good!

being part of building an ecosystem that enable sincere connections to occur, more readily then would otherwise be possible, and for those connections to grow into mutually beneficial relationships where ideas are freely exchanged and the future is shaped, at times in truly life changing ways, makes it all worth it, in the end.

with the one campaign and one laptop per child thousands of lifes are changed. random one, on the other hand, changes lives one life at a time and with few resources other then "connecting people."

looking back a bit, i'm not really sure why i titled this little blog'o mine "consistently random" other then to possibly remind myself to step back and consider different perspectives from time to time. now, given the fact i am a fan of random 1, i guess i now have another reason for being proud to be "consistently random."

strong enough to be nice!

wise enough to think twice!

mean enough to stay green!

call all bluffs!

random on people! random on!

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Java == platform independence
XML == application independence
JXTA == network independence

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