new year

Some thoughts on the first day of 2009

January 1, 2009

As the sun sets on this the first day of 2009 I have had some time to reflect. Many people look at New Years Day as a time to initiate their resolutions. In years past I have concocted my own list of resolutions only to find that 3 weeks later they were nice ideas and [...]

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So much to say, so much to say…

December 29, 2008

Yes I have had so much to say these past few months. Really. Seriously. I have had many good blog topics pop into my head. I have come across many good blog posts this year that have prodded me to respond either by replying after the post, or posting my own retort on this blog—alas, [...]

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Less Than 12 Hours Left To 2007…

December 31, 2007

2007 was a professionally prosperous and personally challenging year. I am glad it is about to go into the history books. In business I learned a great deal about attention, focus, and negotiation. I made more money than I have any other year. I worked more hours on projects AND on non-billable projects. I learned [...]

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15 Minutes A Day

December 28, 2007

I was thinking about the whole idea of having a blog and writing in general. Just like any exercise humans engage in one needs to “use it, or lose it.” In other words, you need to work the muscle whether that muscle is writing, designing, selling, making, or doing. Without use the ‘muscle’ will atrophy [...]

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10 Best Intranets of 2007?

January 15, 2007

How can this be? I recieved this in my inbox this morning from Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox.How can we already know the top 10 of 2007 when we are only 3 weeks into the new year? Perhaps he meant “10 Best Intranets of 2006?” In any event, possible error aside. An interesting review of global Intranet [...]

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Why we fight

January 1, 2007

On this first day of the new year typically a day reserved for optimism and hope for what is possible in the upcoming 364 days I watched a documentary that brought forth in me a great deal of pessimism.

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2006.

December 31, 2006

Some people like to produce long-winded reviews of the past 364 days of the year—I do not. However, I will offer up some things I am interested in pursuing in the new year. These are not resolutions, rather they are what I will call pursuits.

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Most wonderful time of the year, the trifecta.

December 25, 2006

It really is for me. I have noticed this holiday season that I am truly blessed in so many ways. I have many things to be thankful for (sounds like I’m talking Turkey Day here). The combination of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s is interesting in what it causes me to do.

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