These are the hands of a man.These are the hands of a strong man, a kind man, a gentle man. These are the hands that shaped many lives, they held my mother, they held me, they held my children. They…
Running with attitude – the right attitude
I ran cross country in high school. In my senior year I was the fastest runner, leading the team. If I knew then what I know today I would have been a better leader and ran even faster. Cross country…
Thoughts on Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman”
Reading the review in the NYT of the lost novel Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee it was obvious to me what was going on, at least in my mind or point of view. In fact I had just…
New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS
So this is my last day at TIS (though I’m on Vacation) and my journey starts with ACI tomorrow morning with “Challenger Training” – then a week of sessions and keynotes and parties at the ACI Worldwide International Sales Conference.…
Hanukah
One of my Christian friends sent an email asking about Hanukah. He is a fraternity brother and I jokingly replied that it was like all holidays “they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat” He incorrectly thought it was…
About.me – new online biography
So I’ve seen About.me in a few situations, usually among the people in my professional graph that are creative and technical. I finally put one together and it was an interesting exercise. I tried to take a different approach –…
Finovate – Before the Show
I just had to post because I haven’t posted in so long. Some of you will undoubtably find this weblog after seeing me present at Finovate. At this point I have no idea how I did, I went first at…
Silicon Vally Secessionist Balaji Srinivasan is an arrogant ignorant brilliant chickenshit
I missed Srinivasan’s diatribe back in October 2013 and recently herd of it as the inertia builds among the newly rich people who build the stuff I sell. You can watch it here on YouTube I read a great article…
Life with Windows 8.1 on a ThinkPad Ultrabook
My first foray into MS Windows in a few years after moving to Mac OSX both at home and work, has been interesting and frustrating. There are the old habits I have to get back such as memorizing rather than…
Carpe Diem: Take a Risk, Make a Friend
These are my friends George and Bill. George is a hitchhiker I picked up on Christmas Eve and Bill (or Billy) is his brother. I’m the absolute last one to advocate picking up hitch hikers and completely understand the risks…