“We need to hold our leaders more accountable. I can’t believe some of the things they are getting away with these days. As a Nation, we should be ashamed of how they lie to us, and how poor of a job they are doing.” “I couldn’t agree more”, I said. ”But I don’t think the […]
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Bursts
I enjoy studying my own ineptitude when it comes to staying on task. I have come to the realization that my best work happens in one to two hour bursts of creativity and energy. It usually happens after I have cleared my head of unnecessary fodder. It can happen in the morning, afternoon, or at […]
Why I Coach
For the last four years, I have coached basketball at a small high school here in Raleigh. When I decided to start my own company this fall, I had to weigh pretty heavily whether or not I could do it again this year. The time commitment is huge. We practice for two hours a day, […]
The Late Merge
A few weeks back, a good friend of mine tweeted about being stuck in traffic and being really pissed off by the “late mergers”, those evil drivers who drive by everyone patiently waiting in line and go right to the front of the line, jamming the nose of the car into the line. It made […]
It’s On Like Donkey Kong
Two years ago, no one could have imagined ( except maybe the folks that run Facebook ) that they would be flipping Google the proverbial middle finger. I wrote about this as an emerging possibility a few weeks ago, suggesting that Google will begin to dwindle in influence as Facebook continues its ascent. Over the past couple […]
Distracted
I have spent the last few weeks in a mental fog. When I started Rocket Hangar my initial thoughts were that I would not have enough to do, and that I would be scrambling to keep meaningful work coming in while I explored the landscape and decided on the direction for the company. The reality […]
Election Deficit Disorder
In the 2008 election, then candidate Obama and the democrats ran on a platform of hope and change. They committed to a few things: getting our economy back running, passing health care changes, and unwinding a number of social ills foisted upon us by the Bush administration. Everyone lined up at the voting booth and […]
The End Of Bland
I have been following the recent trend with the two largest pizza franchises in the US for the last few weeks. Domino’s and Papa John’s have taken to slugging it out over what ingredients are actually going into their pizza, with each claiming that their ingredients are fresher, better, and make for tastier pizza. Of […]
How I Use GMail Priority Inbox To Manage My Work
After a lot of different attempts, I have finally settled on a good system for using the features of Priority Inbox in GMail. What I started out with as a goal was to start using the Priority Inbox as a way to manage my TODO list. I wanted something simple that I could use from […]
Life Without Google ( Search )
I received a link to an article today on Eric Schmidt’s vision of the future, a world where passive search is the norm, not active. In the article, Mr. Schmidt talks about “knowing your needs before you even ask.” There are examples in the article about walking down the street and having your mobile device […]