Transition

Hello all,

First things first...starting tomorrow, you will see a very different Richard's 35th.  Although it seems as though I've gone "incommunicado," I actually did quite a bit of recording while in Ottawa.

Thing is, from a technology perspective, everything went wrong.  SO WRONG.

Everything from not being to create Storify's through my tablet, to Klip double publishing my videos AND not allowing people to view the videos unless they are members.......the last few days have been a giant pain the arse.

However, I think I've been able to nail a better way to publish my Openness, but I first need to finish some tweaks, and do a considerable amount of uploading.

By tomorrow everything should be back up to normal ;-)

Day 62/365 (The Last One)


NOTE - This is a belated entry that goes back to February 25, 2013. Since it was recorded, it wouldn't be right to not publish it.

UPDATE ON MY TESTS - An interesting book that isn't $35 interesting; Explaining the changes to the blog; Terrible connection to Wind Mobile; And exploring a new way to do Richard's 35th

MOMENT OF CLARITY - Saying "hi" first versus saying it "second"

Log - Day 62/365 (The Last One) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Log - Day 61/365 (Quick Change)


-Fun link to a YouTube video where Bill Murray from the Movie "Quick Change" is being mashed-up as the Joker from "The Dark Knight."

-Lunch with a couple of interesting people

-Meeting up with Paul Abraham (#unicycleguy)
-----Storify of #unicycleguy
-----Paul's donation page

-And I'm in the process of changing the format of Richard's 35th....and I explain why.

Log - Day 61/365 (Quick Change) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 60/365 (One Tired Frenchman)


AN UPDATE ON MY TESTS - After walking-up around 5:30am on Saturday morning...I've had one helluva 48hours!

MOMENT OF CLARITY - As Al Bundy famously said, you've gotta keep the brain wet (mind you, he was making a reference that you can replace blood with beer).

Log - Day 60/365 (One Tired Frenchman) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Log - Day 59/365 (The things that shaped my life - Part 2)


SPECIAL - Today, I decided to take a different route and show the different items, books, and pictures that have shaped my life.

When I first started bringing those items together, I didn't realize how much I could talk about them....so, the entry ran considerably longer than anticipated. Tomorrow, I'll continue with the "Show & Tell" :-)

Log - Day 59/365 (The things that shaped my life - Part 2) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 58/365 (The things that shaped my life - Part 1)


SPECIAL - Today, I decided to take a different route and show the different items, books, and pictures that have shaped my life.

When I first started bringing those items together, I didn't realize how much I could talk about them....so, the entry ran considerably longer than anticipated. Tomorrow, I'll continue with the "Show & Tell" :-)

Log - Day 58/365 (The things that shaped my life - Part 1) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 57/365 (Celebrate good people)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Had my first full "9-5" type of work day in atleast a year now; A quick review of my circadian rhythm; and a big curveball is thrown regarding meeting Mrs. Leverette.

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I share an idea about doing a Documentary that would look into the great Canadian Public Servants.......they need their day in the sun as well, and who knows......it might even create a bit of a domino effect.

Log - Day 57/365 (Celebrate good people) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 56/365 (Not contempt, but disappointed)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Today was insanely busy.....I was late for an Open Data Day Toronto conference call; I resurrected a presentation on Situational Awareness; A webinar on the future of government; A phone call with great public servants (or bureaucrats?); The Storify on my day at the AutoShow; and a phone call with one more awesome public servant (or bureaucrat?).

Links: My day at the AutoShow

MOMENT OF CLARITY - Today, I chose to investigate this is idea of "bliss" in being ignorant........and how I think there are two types of people who are Blissfully Ignorant.


Log - Day 56/365 (Not contempt, but disappointment) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 55/365 (The Torment) (updated)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - The pain-in-the-butt SlapChop and video of Ben, the person who bought my car, and his experience in buying my car.

Link: Slapchop Remix

MOMENT OF CLARITY - A special request to investigate my statement regarding whether or not you would rather be blissfully ignorant or informed, but tormented.....and today, I chose to delve deeper into the "the torment"

Link: Rationalizing the Seven Deadly Sins
Link: My version of leadership
***Updated*** - Link: A society that requires no Laws to keep Order


Log - Day 55/365 (The Torment) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 54/365 (A moral dilemma)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Clarification on my post on "not wanting to do public speaking," and how I want to create a different model;

MOMENT OF CLARITY - Today, I go into why I do the things that I do...but, I was also faced with a crisis of conscience where I was asking myself "maybe I'm wrong about my perspective...but, how can something so pure be wrong?" One thing is for sure. Much as I mention in entry, today was not exactly a pleasant day.

Link: Storify
Link: Right vs Wrong
Link: Brodie from Mallrats

Log - Day 54/365 (A moral dilemma) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 53/365 (Whoops)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Seeing a side of my dad I haven't really seen before, and a 1 year-old-birthday party cake designed specifically to be smashed

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I missed the posting of my first entry (that I can recall, anyways)....I knew it was bound to happen at some point. I'm actually kinda surprised it took this long!)

Log - Day 53/365 from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 52/365 (Spinning my wheels)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - An Open Data Day downer and a Swiss Chalet upper.

MOMENT OF CLARITY - A while back, I mentioned I wanted to look deeper into being a professional public speaker....now that I have, I know I was wasting my time on that tract.

Log - Day 52/365 ( from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 51/365 (Behind-the-scenes)


Today is a different entry...I decided to talk about how I create the Daily Logs for Richard's 35th.

Log - Day 51/365 (Behind-the-scenes) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 50/365 (...this could set the tone for many things)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - The Big Bang Theory in real life; Reviewing my diction; A lead with Mr. Heartwell...and another name added to the list of teachers: Dr. Persinger, probably the best lecturer I've had the pleasure to listen to.

Link: New-age arcade (1)
Link: New-age arcade (2)
Link: Gamer Grub
Link: The God Helmet

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I've been asked to guest blog for the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment.....and once again, I keep being shown there are some great public servants who want to change things.

Log - Day 50/365 (...this could set the tone for many things) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 49/365 (Not heartwarming, but nice to hear)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Driving my first car2go; Open Data Day keeps moving forward....at a rapid pace!

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I be going to Ottawa in a couple of weeks, and as part of that, I've opened up conversations with an old university friend of mine......and I'm surprised at how willing he is to help me out with Richard's 35th

Log - Day 49/365 (Not heartwarming, but nice to hear) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 48/365 (Cable and Car)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - My car is finally sold; Open Data Day Toronto.

MOMENT OF CLARITY - Adapting is typically easier than you think...but, you also typically think that adapting to a new situation will be darn near awful.

Log - Day 48/365 (Cable and Cars) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 47/365 (He earned it)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - My YouTube Channel is another place to meet interesting people; The Speaker's Bureau; Gonna meet Mrs. Leverette next week; and a meeting to make Open Data Day Toronto even better!

Links: Hitler reacts to Open Government
Links: Rationalizing the Seven Deadly Sins
Links: Toronto Reference Library (1)
Links: Toronto Reference Library (2)
Links: Toronto Reference Library (3)

MOMENT OF CLARITY - An interesting fork in the road when I'm faced with two very different types of homeless people.


Log - Day 47/365 (He earned it) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.


Day 46/365 (Yoda of Nomads)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - First, a quick apology, and then, I finally meet Clarissa, the person whose been leading a Nomadic Life.

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I always wanted to make my road trip this summer a very loose adventure, but Clarissa told me that even THAT requires a certain amount of planning.


Log - Day 46 (Yoda of Nomads) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.



Day 45/365 (The Kibosh)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - The snowstorm put the kibosh on a number of things, including me finalizing the sale of my car, and dinner with a Nomad. I also added a new Reverse Ad.

Link: My snowed-in driveway
Link: Reverse Ad

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I realized today that my motorcycle trip can't be exactly what I want it to be...and that was a tough pill to swallow. At first, anyways.


Log - Day 45/365 (The Kibosh) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.


Day 44/365 (A Judge for all seasons)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Snowstorm curve ball; Coming to terms with the sale of my car; and I'm officially a member of Car2go

Link: Car2go

MOMENT OF CLARITY - My morning at the court of appeals, which includes not being impressed by lawyers speaking ability, being VERY impressed with the presiding judge, and questioning my own future abilities to tell the difference between Sisyphus & Gandhi.

Link: Bazerman Auction

Sisyphus doing his thing
(sorry for the tiny GIF, it's the only one I could find)

Log - Day 44/365 (A judge for all seasons) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 43/365 (Smarting Stupids - Part 2)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - An opportunity with TVO; and a chance to be an audience member in a real life "Law & Order."

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I had a great conversation with two extraordinarily bureaucrats who are trying real hard to change things...and making way at it, too. Thing is, most people don't know people like Kent and Vicki exists, and I hope I can change that.

...I also have 2nd Moment of Clarity, and it's a tough one. I have to admit, I'm not exactly "smarting a stupid" in my attempt to sell my car, and I go into details as to why.

Log - Day 43/365 (Smarting Stupids - Par 2) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 42/365 (The CitizenBridge Organization)


My first message on today's entry is that I feel as though I've gotten complacent with my daily logs...that the premise of "living an open life" has really been dumbed down to a fancy journal.

I have to push my limits. I have to get in uncomfortable zones. I have to challenge myself. So, I've decided to start talking about things that I usually don't talk about much.

UPDATE ON MY TESTS - I've chosen to make my calendar publicly available; Guest blogging for the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation; My upcoming meeting with a successful nomad.

Link: Calendar

MOMENT OF CLARITY - The tough question of what CitizenBridge, the organization, should look like...and this is something that's been discussed for quite some time now, and still isn't resolved.

Link: CitizenBridge


Log - Day 42/365 (The CitizenBridge Organization) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 41/365 (Reality Check)

NOTE: I've been having a tug-o-war with Google today and a MMA Website called MMAweekly. According to the Chrome Browser, MMAweekly has infected my website with malware. So, I sent Google a notice and also tweeted to MMAweekly about the problem. They (MMAweekly) told me that this is a problem they've been having with Google for quite sometime, but everything is clean on their end...and I agree, because when I use Google's own Webmaster tool (see image below), I'm told the site is clean.



With all that being said, I certainly hope the problem has been fixed, but if it hasn't, I apologize to anyone who can't gain access to Richard's 35th...and now, onto the update.

UPDATE ON MY TESTS - One more step closer to finishing my degree and an eye-opening lunch with my dad.

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I was asked to moderate a conversation at the School of Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and some of the questions/comments from the audience made me realize something...

Link: Event page

Log - Day 41/365 (Reality Check) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 40/365 (Unicycling from Montreal to Toronto)


NOTE: I've been having a tug-o-war with Google today and a MMA Website called MMAweekly. According to the Chrome Browser, MMAweekly has infected my website with malware. So, I sent Google a notice and also tweeted to MMAweekly about the problem. They (MMAweekly) told me that this is a problem they've been having with Google for quite sometime, but everything is clean on their end...and I agree, because when I use Google's own Webmaster tool (see image below), I'm told the site is clean.


With all that being said, I certainly hope the problem has been fixed, but if it hasn't, I apologize to anyone who can't gain access to Richard's 35th...and now, onto the update.


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - My car is finally sold and why I've chosen to go with Car2Go as my car sharing service for the time being.

MOMENT OF CLARITY - Met with Paul Abraham, someone who works with me at Swiss Chalet, because he's trying to ride a unicycle from Montreal to Toronto all to raise funds for Sick Kids hospital.

Links: Paul's Donation Page


Log - Day 40/365 (Unicycling from Montreal to Ottawa) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 39/365 (Don't make excuses)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - I posted a new picture for "Reverse Advertising" and I'm not sure what the new copy should be...so, don't hesitate to offer your perspectives; My Mars-One ambitions are off to a rocky start.

Link: Reverse Advertising

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I missed an important meeting yesterday, and I feel terrible about it...but, I'm not going to make any excuses, because, as Ben Franklin once said:

"I've found that those who are good at making excuses are rarely good at anything else"

Log - Day 39/365 (Don't make excuses) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.

Day 38/365 (Almost broke my word)


UPDATE ON MY TESTS - Footage from being an extra; Laurentian wants to help me graduate!

MOMENT OF CLARITY - I pride myself on being always true to my word...which is what this project, in a way, is all about. However, today, my Will and Discipline was really being tested.

Log - Day 38/365 (Almost broke my word) from Richard Pietro on Vimeo.