Sure, it's easy to mock airport screeners when you hear about how many items they miss, but have you ever tried it yourself? Go on, give it a try. After identifying only an abysmal 20 percent of the threats on the conveyor belt myself, I'll ease...

Even I've caught the bug—I can't go to a hotel and not take a peek at the meeting space, or go to a meeting and not think of all the things that could have been done better, or even go to a movie and not find something in it that relates to...

I know I tend to harp on how blogs, wikis, and other social networking technology can enhance meetings, but at least I have tech guru Corbin Ball on the same wavelength. Check out this article he wrote on what Web 2.0 (a.k.a., the participatory...

This article in the New York Times offers some tips on how to get to the head of the line when you get bumped from a flight (or your flight is cancelled altogether). I hadn't realized it was all computerized now for most airlines—or that those in...

Here's something I wrote shortly after 9/11/01. I will never forget the lives lost, the bravery, the sadness, the fear, and the way we all came together for that one all-too-brief moment in time. My heart still aches...

Check out ZeFrank's presentation at the Ted Conference, especially the conference simulator part. This guy just totally cracks me up. Sorry, it's Friday, and after a long, hard week, this is about as good a post as I have in me. Have a great...

That's the remedy for fear of flying proposed in this editorial in the New York Times. Actually, a little Sudoku got me through a fairly harrowing flight to New York not too long ago. Anything that can absorb my attention helps, be it Sudoku, a...

Check out this "Happy Hunting" guide from Dentyne gum, designed to help women land men, and men land women. OK, icky enough. But then check out the "backstory" section, where they advise women to memorize a made-up story about being a professional...

Bruce Schneier has posted some of his favorite airline security cartoons, and invited readers to chime in with theirs. My favorites among those listed so far are: security snakes, boarding pass, please, and dumb bombs.

Someone sent me this poem from Marge Piercy's Circles on the Water, and it is so perfect for today's celebration of workers here in the U.S....