Archive for the ‘ Life in general ’ Category

Thinking about old-school journalism…like five years ago.

Had a chat with a coworker of mine the other day. He had run across a book–or I should say had run across a blog post about a book. The book was about how the Internet (and some other present-trends) was leading us to become less intelligent. The book-to-blog summary described how people could glean [ READ MORE ]

What the?!

Everybody quiet. Nothing happened. The last four months were filled with regular blogging. No need to draw attention to– Doh! Haha, well I’m a jerk, but you knew that. There’s no way I can maintain my steady stream of ranting, writing and fixing the world. Something’s got to give! Lots happening. Lots to consider. First [ READ MORE ]

A few day’s reprieve

I forgot how much I enjoy not having much to do. My old roommate from D.C. let me crash at his place once my second event concluded and he went to work like normal, leaving me to my own devices Thursday and Friday. The hours sort of hurried by as I watched the Twitterstream. Now that it's Friday, I feel almost guilty that I don't have all of my notes transcribed[ READ MORE ]

I plan to have no plan

So there seems to be something else in the works. It seems that hard work only takes you so far when it comes to influence. Some people just have it. Some have to fake it[ READ MORE ]

Vegas, baby. Vegas

So yes, BlogWorld Expo. Me and 50,000,000 other bloggers. I'm here to scout for allies and infliltrate social media circles. Wish me luck, friends![ READ MORE ]

Sports and I never got along

It's actually pretty cool that people cherish those awesome moments with their teams. I got to see a really good friend of mine see his lifelong team, the Boston Red Sox, break their curse and beat the Yankees---and later win the World Series back in 2004 (before it was trendy to like the Red Sox). For him, it was this cosmic Zen kind of moment. It was actually pretty sweet watching him watch the games[ READ MORE ]

Three parts. Not musical, though.

So all that to say, by the time a few days got between me and blogging, the gap sort of fed itself. It was like seeing how long it took for a flickering candle to eventually sputter out, or a car to run out of gas. Ok I don't do that. Maybe not that example. Or it was like seeing the sun fully slip under the horizon. Better, yes. I watched it, saw the days compound and sort of just let things go[ READ MORE ]

The stifling quagmire of fear

I’ll make everybody a deal. If I ever get fired for diligently striving for process improvement or sincerely advocating for change to improve an organization, I’ll shut up and munch on some grass. [ READ MORE ]

The inevitability of assimilation

So, as a man who understands one can only rage against progress for so long before drowning in the rising tides, I wonder if we’ll look back on ourselves in 20-30 years and think how silly we were to think and feel in isolation. There will probably be a good chunk of us who would welcome this assimilation. It would lead to vastly superior profits and performance, wouldn’t it? Just sayin’[ READ MORE ]

One missed comma away from oblivion

When dealing with projects, it’s funny to me how people assume the slightest missed detail will lead to the zombie apocalypse[ READ MORE ]

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