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Monday, May 31st, 2010The difference between a half marathon and a full marathon is THE WALL. The wall is the point of the run where your body stops burning carbohydrates and switches over to fat; this usually occurs at the 14 to 18 mile mark. For most people, this is the point where a marathon pushes them to [...]
Testing commitment
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Over the past 6 months, I’ve gone through a number of computers: – HP 2140 – Viliv S5 – Lenovo Thinkpad X200s – HP 5101 – Sony Vaio P – Toshiba NB305 – HP 5102 – Lenovo Thinkpad X201s It’s becoming clear I have a problem – I can’t commit to my gadgets. While I’m [...]
Scott Oki at Seattle Works
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009One of the goals of Seattle Works is to inspire. As a board member, I often find that inspiration at our monthly meetings. On September 15th, we had a visit from Scott Oki who spoke to us about his current projects and his efforts to improve public education. Scott Oki is a former senior-vice president [...]
Silly Goose!
Sunday, May 24th, 2009It’s been an interesting couple of months The first version of the project I was working on in the Gates Foundation was released a couple months ago. The feedback so far is almost universal disapproval. It’s humorous that this response is better than what I expected. The problems that have been identified are fixable The [...]
Malcolm Gladwell
Sunday, January 25th, 2009One of the main benefits of being at the Gates Foundation is the large number of special guests and speakers we have every year. Last Friday, we hosted a chat with the brilliant Malcolm Gladwell. I had never read any of his books before but I had heard glowing reviews for Tipping Point and Blink. [...]
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