‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 2016
Here’s my annual tech rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. A recording can be found here ‘twas the night before Christmas and in all through the house there were computers a plenty but not many a mouse It’s the end of the year Another one’s done So light the yule log And lets have some […]
#7 – 2016 New York City Marathon Recap
The New York City Marathon is like nothing else. It is one of the World’s iconic marathons, perhaps the World’s single most iconic marathon. Over 51,000 runners finished this year’s race – putting it almost 10,000 finishers ahead of Paris and Chicago, the second and third largest marathons in the world respectively. The event gets […]
The Future of Sharing Data: Digitized, Temporary, Living Documents
We’ve long seen digital platforms utilized to form digital communities that mirror communities in the offline world. Facebook began with Harvard students before spreading to other universities and eventually opening to everyone over 13 with a valid email address. Scott Heiferman launched Meetup in 2002 after seeing New Yorkers come together in the aftermath of […]
Seeing Green
This morning a friend linked to a talk by Jill Thomas that has me thinking about green. Before moving to SoCal, Jill lived in Northern Virginia for a few years. In the early years of diving deeper into photography and building a budding business, she took some of my favorite family photos when she hauled […]
What Scares Me
If I look deep within the innermost of my soul, deep into the darkest deepest crevasses of my heart, I’m scared. I’m scared of relationships. I’m scared of commitment I suppose. I’m scared that I will fail the person I have come to love deeply. I’m scared that I will fall short. That I won’t […]
#6 – 2016 Venice Marathon Recap
With my sixth marathon in the books (all in the last 12 months), I thought I’d start offering a quick recap of the races. I’ll start with the one I just finished and if I make the time, will go back and try to provide recaps of the first five marathons. I often get asked […]
A Profile of Character: The Unseen Acts of Service from My 72-Year-Old Mom
“It will only take a minute,” she remarked before offering a litany of reasons why she should go, why she could go. Why it would be okay to go. We stood together in one of several patient rooms inside the ICU, tucked into the interior burrow of the hospital. The lack of an outside window […]
CES 2017 Trends to Watch
Each year, I develop a presentation that examines trends to watch at CES. I presented an early draft of that presentation this week in Prague. I’ll update this presentation as I develop it further. In the coming weeks I’ll write more about these trends. In the meantime, you can find the current iteration of my […]
Defining Arlington (Virginia)’s Digital Destiny
Earlier this week I spoke at an event looking at the Digital Destiny of Arlington, Virginia. You can see the conversation in its entirety here:
Reflections on Fatherhood
One night last week I found myself weighed down with the swirling emotions of mind and soul. Worried I wasn’t being all that I so desperately and deeply want to be. Stressed and distracted by an upcoming court hearing after Andrea filed a motion to quibble over 2-4 days of the boys’ visitation schedule, though […]
