Posted in Inspire, Life, Perspective, Pics on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
My favorite pic from my recent trip to DC is this one, from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The full set of those pictures is viewable as a set and a slideshow.
I think this one is the most interesting for a few reasons. It’s also one of my new SuperFavs. For me, it [...]
Posted in Leadership, Life, Listening, Perspective, Rants, Writing on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Recently I’ve had a number of opportunities to listen to people’s stories, to people’s daily happenings, to people’s frustrations, to peoples’s pieces of their lives. Yesterday I was particularly interested in a friend’s perspectives on some political things. I genuinely wanted to understand and to see if his perspectives would add some different colors to [...]
Posted in Humor, Inspire, Leadership, Life, Perspective, Rants on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You may have stolen my phone charger, my camera, one pair of sunglasses, a pair of gloves, the owner’s manual, and some binoculars…
…but you didn’t get the rhinestone sunglasses! And, you didn’t get me to stop smiling. So, HA!
Posted in Blogging, Challenge, Family, Friends, Geek, Humor, Ideas, Inspire, JustDoIt, Leadership, Life, Listening, Motivate, Perspective, Rants, Start, VIPcomments, WFFF, Writing on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Intro
Well, it’s a Thursday. Once again, I’m at work early. I like the calm and quiet of the mornings. It allows me to think clearly, feel fully and breath with ease. I’ve been this way for a while, going back to working at the health club during college through the mid-90’s. I had mostly early [...]
Posted in Autodidactism, Blogging, Geek, Humor, Life, Listening, NotHappening, Perspective, Questions, Rants, Writing on March 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I just added this as my Facebook status. “Toby is quagmire laden, feeling morose, exhausted, refreshed, enlightened, verbose, confused, capable, smart, hungry, thirsty, and finally some enchanted melancholy.”
Posted in Autodidactism, Blogging, Challenge, Family, Friends, Geek, Humor, Ideas, Inspire, JustDoIt, Leadership, Life, Listening, Motivate, Perspective, Pics, Praise, Start, VIPcomments, Writing on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
March 20 is today’s date. This year it’s the 80th day of the year (leap year). There are 286 days remaining. It’s the first day of Spring! It’s also plenty of other things. Three of those things, I think are really cool.
Today is World Storytelling Day!
Today is the birthday of Frederick W. Taylor - an [...]
Posted in Leadership, Life, Listening, Perspective, Writing on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Sometimes we have to be really loud to make it know that we mean business.
Sometimes we have to listen to make it known that we mean business.
Sometimes we have to mute ourselves to make it know that we mean business.
Sometimes we have to encourage others.
Sometimes we have to praise others.
Sometimes we have to deflect praise.
Sometimes [...]
Posted in Autodidactism, Geek, Humor, Inspire, JobHunt, Life, NotHappening, Perspective on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
best slippery slope ever
“Why shouldn’t I work for the N.S.A.? That’s a tough one, but I’ll take a shot. Say I’m working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I’m real happy with myself, ’cause [...]
Posted in Humor, JustDoIt, Life on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Maybe I’m not in beta anymore. Hehehe…
Posted in Family, Friends, Geek, Ideas, Leadership, Life, Listening, NotHappening, Perspective, VIPcomments, Writing on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been following a lot of information for several years now. I do that with blogs, with RSS feeds, with alerts, with email newsletters, with a few hard copy magazine subscriptions, with some journals, and also a lot with listening in whatever way possible.
I’ve come to some conclusions.
I can change the world.
Everyone has the [...]
Posted in Autodidactism, Inspire, Leadership, Life, Listening, Perspective, TechProfound, VIPcomments on January 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Towards the Knowledge Economy
More on the Evolution towards the Knowledge Economy
UPDATE: Final Thoughts on the Evolution towards a Knowledge Economy
The Long Nose of Innovation
You may not care about those articles if:
you are not a thinker
you don’t care about how, and you just want “it” to work
you think it’s someone else’s job
you are not curious
you do [...]
Posted in Autodidactism, Humor, Life on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Q: What’s cute?
A: When a ten year old spouts the spelling of antidisestablishmentarianism and then says, “But, I can say it faster too!” Then he repeats it again, even faster.
Q: What’s cuter?
A: When a 35 year who heard this asks, “Wow, that’s great! Do you know what it means?” And, the 10 year old says, [...]
Posted in CasualFriday, Life, Perspective on December 6, 2007 | No Comments »
I just saw commercials for 3 ok shows on NBC tonight. And, one is on right now that’s not so bad. Is “must see tv” back?
Heck, I have no idea. I haven’t had much interest in TV lately. Time. Responsibilities. Travel. Whatever… I think TV has just sucked for a few years now. Movies haven’t [...]
Posted in Challenge, Family, Friends, Ideas, Inspire, JustDoIt, Leadership, Life, Listening, Motivate, Perspective, Praise, VIPcomments, Vids on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I am in Fort Benning, GA. This trip was a surprise. Both Tim Getsch and I flew down today to surprise Terry. We both could not be more proud! Out of [UPDATE: approximately 230] 240, only 96 passed. My youngest brother is one of them.
Terry, thank you for your service and your example. You are [...]
Posted in Ideas, Leadership, Life, Listening, Perspective, TechProfound, VIPcomments, Writing on October 11, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a repost. It’s worth mentioning again…
“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop [...]
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