Carpe Diem

The motto of my high school was Carpe Diem, Seize the Day.  I think that is such a great motto.  When an opportunity arises grab it because it may not pass by again.  In addition we should always keep our eyes open for the these great opportunities.  I think if we

Turning the Web Log into Hardcopy

Jim asked me the other day to look into how he could have a printout of his posts that he has done.  So I have been surfing around the web today.  Here is what I have found so far… 0.  Typepad – save content as text.  It is ok, but not a great tool.&nbs

2006 A Year in Review

Wow what a year. I have just come off the ski hill with Thomas and Jen, somehow we have enough snow to have an almost 4 year old smiling from ear to ear.  It was AWESOME.  So it got me to finalizing some thoughts I have been having about my end of year post. As I imagined, I

In the Shadow of Saturn

See this web site to see the most amazing picture of Saturn and a little dot, earth, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html A truly awesome picture.

Living in the World Between Technology and Business

When Graham and I started Project X, one if the names for the company that we were going to go with was "Bridging the Gap".  We chose this as one of the front runners as it spoke to one of the issues that we are often trying to deal with bridging the gap between technol

The Brain, Mouth and Body

I was reading over at the site "Creating Passionate Users" a Post called "What you DO affects what you THINK". Two things struck me in reading the post.1.  Cathy Sierra is really good at starting an interesting conversation.2.  How right the exercises tha

Pulling Rabbits out of Your Hat

Over the past 4 weeks I have been constantly reminded as to why I believe so strongly in our people.  They seem to pull rabbits out their hats.  Graham refers to the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, where Rocky will say watch as I pull a rabbit out of my hat.  Inevitably

Santa Claus

Everybody who has children will be dealing with the existence of Santa.  I think the spirit of Christmas is an important idea.  I do not so much see Santa as a religion issue but something quite separate.  My thinking goes along these lines.  Why does everybody fee

You Know You Are Tired When

OK, so I have been having some fun, working some long hours.  I just finished a bite to eat while doing email and so forth and went to put a plate in the dishwasher and realized that I was opening the oven door. OOPs, time to go to bed. 🙂

JaJaH – Could this be the Culprit

I have been having a problem ever since I went on my trip to New York where I would get a call from what appeared to be someone I know and when I answer, I would get a recording which said: "Please hold while Jajah/Jaza connects your call" Both myself and MIP who is someone