I am paranoid. I can say it with clarity and without guilt or shame, but turning through the pages of You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier forces me to be down right skeptical. I hope a bit more mature as a technologist. So, with this preface, I approach what is being [...]
Something happens to me when the 5 day forecast suggests the possibility of snow, a little boy springs up with excitement and a little hope. As the promise of the white draws closer, the childlike anticipation manifests into something that is seldom experienced as an adult–snow day.
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Of course, [...]
I was thinking about Pat Head Summit, the ladies basketball coach for University of Tennessee, this afternoon and how her goal of the team is perfect execution of the plays. And you’re welcome for stating the obvious, but this really sank in today in a very different way than ever before. I view coaches as [...]
In case you missed it, Hallerin Hilton Hill had me on the show to talk about Twitter. The experience was a lot of fun, but I think he may have exaggerated the magnitude of my abilities–just a little.
Hallerin even endorsed @jfloyd for the East Tennessee’s Best Tweeter award.
For your convenience, you can vote for East [...]
For the past four weeks I have spent Weekends working long hours in the yard. After, as the wife says, neglecting the yard for several years, I am interested and excited in transforming dirt into something beautiful. While laboring away under the hot sun with the assistance of a few fine friends (kids aged 7 [...]
I find myself living in yesterday’s thought sometimes. With 2800 tweets to read, 145 unanswered emails, 2 blog posts to write, 4 powerpoint decks to craft, a dog that needs to go outside, a car that needs an oil change, an economy that is flatly in the crapper, I think about all that I have [...]
Most of my commentary here is generally divided into two categories: sassy commentary and technology/marketing posts. This post, however, fits neither, so save yourself now if you came here to find those!
As I drove home from our weekly family gathering the other night, I gazed off into the ornamental decor and noticed this one beautiful [...]
I am running a poll over at my Squidoo lens. Let me know what you are currently using. If I didn’t list the application of your choice, comment below.
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Read this line today, and thought of my brother.
A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be decived by the local errors of his native village; the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press [...]
I saw this commercial on television yesterday. I had never heard of T. Boone Pickens before, but after a wikipedia search, I was familiar with some of his work in oil. Something about this advertisement seemed to make a lot of sense (by being no-nonsense), but I am curious whether there is some dark secrets [...]