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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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28 Mar 2008I recently read a summarization of Aristotle’s points of virtue. As someone who studied both business and philosophy in college, I find it interesting that the concept of virtue is a best an individual concern. Aristotle defines virtues in reference to their excess. As IT professional I can relate [...]
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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 [...]