Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
This hasn’t been the best month for finding good news. I found the article I am including today, but I’ve been sick and I didn’t have time to look into at more than a cursory level. Still, there is enough to like about this story to include it for #WATWB. “The Pittsburgh Foundation has established... Continue Reading →
If you follow me on Twitter, or if you follow this blog, you probably realize or would quickly remember that I attended undergraduate school at West Virginia University (WVU – Go Mountaineers). You may even remember that I started undergraduate school at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs). If you read a few older posts,... Continue Reading →
Saturday, Faith and I went to The Big-E – The Great New England Fair. The Big-E is a harvest fair, an old-time agricultural fair. It’s supposed to be cool and breezy, with fair food and maybe a cup of hot chocolate, if you’re there very early or still there very late. It’s not supposed to... Continue Reading →
Last week, when I rewrote my story about my early days of employment, I was trying to cut about 200 words out of the original story, ‘cuz I care about you guys (he says as he’s meandering around the point of a One-Liner Wednesday post). Anyway, I rewrote a bunch of sections, left out some... Continue Reading →
I began working for Airborne Freight as a “Methods Analyst” in 1978. My job was to find ways to improve business processes. As the new guy, I was given the job of planning the implementation of a computer system that had been designed by one of the senior analysts. The goal of the system was... Continue Reading →
The title might not mean much to you, but it saved you from a recap of the conference I attended last week. I was going to try to wrap a story around Intelligent Information, or perhaps intelligent information managers – a group in which I hope to be counted. Still, this isn’t a technical blog... Continue Reading →
In 2005, I worked with an old friend to develop a training program for our company. We wanted a program that had clear objectives and a consistent feel. He developed a framework for a series of one-hour sessions that would cover a wide variety of technical subjects, and he developed the first few sessions. One... Continue Reading →
Note: This was originally posted on November 19th as part of Sreejit Poole’s inspiring series on walking with intention. If you have some time, I encourage you to read some of these stories. When Sreejit Poole first suggested that I participate in this fascinating series, I declined. I eventually agreed, but I was concerned... Continue Reading →
When I left for work today, our weather station was showing an outside temperature of 66.6 f – perhaps not the best time to head out into traffic. Then again, Hell hath no fury like New England drivers on a Monday morning, so I took my chances. Hang onto that last phrase, it’s going to... Continue Reading →
