Tribal Leadership — Getting to Stage 5

12 10 2009

Interesting talk at TEDxUSC by David Logan on Tribal Leadership.

What stage is your team at?





DigitalGlobe is Web Squared

12 09 2009

Here is a recent blog post by John Battelle on his thought on DigitalGlobe after an interview with our co-founder, Walter Scott.





Phish @ Shoreline

29 08 2009

Phish played Shoreline Amphitheater 8/5/2009 and what a show it was.  It was a blast from past — it had been several years since I had seen them last.  They sounded great — the only unfortunate thing was I didn’t get a “Slave” and the show was sandwiched between two of my favorite venues — Red Rocks and the Gorge.  Those setlists were awesome.

8/5/09 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA [Setlist]

1: Golgi Apparatus, Halley’s Comet, Chalk Dust Torture, The Divided Sky*, When the Circus Comes, Time Turns Elastic, Ya Mar, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan, Suzy Greenberg, David Bowie
2: Backwards Down the Number Line, Down With Disease > Limb By Limb, Oh Sweet Nothin’**, Cities -> Maze, Mike’s Song > Simple, Weekapaug Groove
E: Encore: Let Me Lie, Bold As Love




Completed San Francisco 1/2 Marathon Today!

26 07 2009

This morning I completed the San Francisco 1/2 Marathon — I did the second half and it was my first.  What an amazing experience!  Here are things I gleamed from the experience:

  • Finding the right sneakers is critical!
  • Spandex is essential for long runs
  • Don’t just drink water if you plan to run more than 2 hours
  • Hills are your friend
  • Find someone or a team to train with — it will make the experience more enjoyable
  • Fat people can run too :-)

Now,  I can work on my golf game since I won’t be training for another event, but maybe I need to be thinking about another event!  :-)





Cool Apple Window Display

22 07 2009





WWDC 2009 Starts Tomorrow

8 06 2009

The good news — WWDC 2009 starts tomorrow.

The bad news — WWDC 2009 starts tomorrow.  What new crap am I going to feel compelled to buy?  I wish I was there.





New Bing Advertisement

8 06 2009

I caught the ad below during the NBA Finals.  Ironically, all the issues mentioned were why I hated MSN search.  Is Bing actually a better search engine?  The problem is that I’m happy enough with Google to not care.





Leo Laporte Blows up at Michael Arrington

8 06 2009

The video below is of Leo Laporte blowing up at Mike Arrington on the Gillmor Gang questioning a positive review because Leo got a free phone.  Well, valid question if you ask me.  For example, Leo’s audible.com ads on the TWIT podcasts have tuned into live banter between his collegues where they all love the service.  I have no idea if that is real or an advertisement.  Some transparency would be nice.





No Turning Back

7 06 2009

Well, there is no turning back now.  I’m all signed up for the  2nd half of the San Francisco Half Marathon on July 26th.   Let’s be clear here — I’ve lived a fairly sedentary lifestyle and getting this out of shape body to run 13.1 miles (21,097.5 meters) is big deal!  Here are a few things I’ve learned with my training thus far …

  • Spandex is key
  • Stretching is key
  • Snacking along the way helps alot
  • Never run on an empty stomach
  • Hit the bathroom before a long run

I’ll let you know how the rest of my training goes.  Good luck to me — I’ll need it!





Interesting Business Week Articles

7 06 2009

Here are a few articles from this week  that I found interesting:

  • The Failed Promise of Innovation in the U.S. — During the past decade, innovation has stumbled. And that may help explain America’s economic woes
    • RJM:  Does true innovation need to move economies forward?  Is there such a thing as spinning on useless innovation?  It seems that Jim Collin’s new book seems to think so as well.
  • How Cloud Computing Will Change Business IBM, Qualcomm, Nokia, and other majors, along with startups, are preparing to cash in on new technology. Not that it will be easy
    • RJM:  Nothing to revolutionary about this article but interesting how companies are realizing the importance of having information at your finger tips.  Very good case studies from various companies.
  • Why We Tweet We’re now big fans of Twitter. To those with eyebrows aloft, here’s how it happened
    • RJM:  The Welch family perspective on Tweeting.  This is like my dad joining Facebook.