Archive for January, 2008
When you take a sick day…
…do you feel:
Guilty like you’ve gone and selfishly removed a day’s worth of productivity
Worried that you’ll have so much piled up when you come back
Anxious because you are so essential people can’t get by without you
Relaxed because you’re helping yourself get better
Semi-productive because you end up crawling in bed with your laptop and working anyway
or […]
Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
I’ve stopped. I’m of the school of thought that a resolution is an excuse to make small steps towards big goals, and then give up because it was too lofty to begin with. Plus, why does it need to be done at the arbitrary beginning of a year?
Okay, the holidays are over and you can […]
Watching construction
There’s a multi-story office building going in right next to my light rail station. It’s about 7 stories tall and the structure is largely complete. The light rail stand is level with the third floor.
Nearly everyone waiting at the station watches the construction workers build away. At any given point in time, nearly half of […]
My 2007 in cities and celebrities
I wanted to reflect on a few of those fun things, places, people and memories that entered my life this year this year. With no hesitation I present my year in cities and celebrities:
Cities
Boulder, CO (moved from here)
Denver, CO (to here)
San Francisco, CA (CommunityNext, birthday)
Bay Area, CA (San Jose, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Jelly Belly Factory)
Beijing, […]
Twitter is about me and you and you
When you sign up and join Twitter it’s about a lot of things. Some say it’s an ecosystem, it’s about the simplicity, it’s about the voyeurism, it’s communication porn and so on.
I think it’s also like walking into a chatroom with just the people you want. Any other chatroom (IRC, AOL, Yahoo Games!) has a […]
