I love tennis. It’s become a sport that I love to play and follow. We were at a tennis tournament this past weekend and missed the epic five-set match between Roger Federer and Nole Djokovic. For those that did not see it or hear about it, Djokovic was down in sets 0-2 and came back […]
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The Triumph of Good – Remembering 9/11
Yesterday, September 11, was a witches brew of emotion for me. I was up early, playing tennis with my daughter as the sun came up. It’s one of my great pleasures in life, being out early and just enjoying her company. She went to play a tournament match an hour later and lost, ending a […]
Why?
Why do you live where you live? Why do you work where you work? Why did you marry the person you married? Why haven’t you done that thing you have talked about doing for so long? I get stuck in ruts just like everyone else. Every now and then I am reminded to pull my […]
The Upper Crust Bakery – Fulfilling life-long dreams
There is a new bakery that just opened up here in Raleigh, very close to our house, called The Upper Crust Bakery. We have made it one of our new favorite places. This morning I took my daughter there for breakfast, and the food was awesome yet again. Everything is made fresh each day, and […]
Dennis Crowley of Foursquare
The video below is Kevin Rose’s interview with Dennis Crowley of Foursquare. I have really come to enjoy Kevin Rose’s interview style while watching / listening to the Foundations series. My number one takeaway from this interview is the simplicity of thinking and concept behind each of Dennis’ ventures. In each case he took a […]
Should Sports Be On the Chopping Block?
Education is a topic that I occasionally touch on in my blog. In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t have my kids in public school. It’s not for religious reasons or anything like that, but because at least where we live it’s a bit of a circus (google Wake County public school board). […]
Singles vs. Home Runs
I was talking with a good friend yesterday about a business opportunity that has come across my plate. He has been very successful, and seems to have a knack for making really good decisions. I described the opportunity and asked him how he would evaluate it and what he looks for. He said (paraphrasing a […]
Drones In Everyday Life – The Wave Is Building
There are two really cool things happening in drones right now. I started DroneOS with Anders Brownworth earlier this year because we believe that great things are going to happen in this space. Just as we are seeing in the military, drones can do things that people and manned vehicles cannot. So it will be […]
The Cure for the Recession
One of the TV shows we like to watch every week is CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. It is a quirky show that has some really interesting topics not seen anywhere else. A few weeks back, Anthony Mason interviewed President Obama during his bus tour through the midwest. During the latter stages of the […]
Remembering Past Conversations
I had a conversation this week with a pretty important personal advisor wherein he proceeded to give me advice that was exactly the opposite of advice I had received on the same subject a few weeks ago. It got under my skin a bit, and it brought to mind the importance of remembering past conversations […]