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I am happy to announce that early this fall (September), I accepted a role to help support Kaiser Permanente’s technology investment strategy. This support will come mainly in the form of business and [...]
In: Business Ideas| Cool Companies| Cool Tools| Job Search| Media| Motivation| Web 2.0| conversations| thoughts
1 Aug 2008Earlier this year, I accepted an advisory and research position with CrowdVine. CrowdVine is in the “white label” social networking business. The company helps people in groups, associations, and attending events to meet smarter through their software solutions and associated services. You can learn more about the current product features here: http://www.crowdvine.com/home/features
I can’t believe my [...]
This week is huge for me, both professionally and personally. I am very excited for all the its potential. Yesterday, the highlight was the opportunity to cheer on my running mates virtually, as they raced the Boston Marathon. Impressive times were had all around as the top male from the club (3:03:30) and top female [...]
In: Job Search| Motivation| Tips
16 Apr 2008Make work a game and you may need rename it play! What’s wrong with that anyway?
One of many cool tips from Jeffrey Fox’s Dream Job Book is the idea that if one focuses on the activities that will facilitate success, successful outcomes will result. In my case this applies to finding my dream job.
This is [...]
In: Design| Internet| Job Search| Project
7 Mar 2008When I told my wife that I would start a blog to support and augment my dream job search, she was worried. She challenged me with the following questions:
Don’t you waste enough time on the internet / your computer already?
I am not sure I understand how this will help you?
I am worried that this [...]
In: Cool Tools| Job Search| Web 2.0
4 Mar 2008While I am thinking “outside the box” on my current job search, I am also a closet compulsive when it comes to playing around with anything web 2.0. In as much as the web 2.0 things I check out also support my job searching activities, then I will highlight them in this blog. [...]
In: Job Search| Motivation
4 Mar 2008Today I listened to an interesting podcast from the Accidental Creative team. They interviewed famed business consultant, Peter Block, who provided me with several quotes for my quote book as follows:
Anxiety is the price of freedom.
Certainty kills creativity.
I was born and everything is else is fiction.
I relate well to the last point. In [...]