10 Years at Microsoft

This past week marked my ten year anniversary at Microsoft.  I never would have guessed that answering the call to join the Mac Internet Explorer team would have led to the long adventure my time at Microsoft has been.  Heck, I came in as a Mac guy and now I’m a PC.  What’s even more [...]

New Year’s Resolution time

It’s a little late, but I’m finally getting around to publishing my 2010 New Year’s resolution to my blog.  I’ve been thinking a lot about my personal “Act II” the past few months so my resolution is:

Make three life-changing decisions this year with at least one by Feb 21.

I’ve chosen to publish my resolution to [...]

A year has passed since I wrote my note…

Yes, it’s true.  My blog has gotten little attention due to my work and the fact that I’m using Twitter and Facebook to do more granular posts.  I’m fixing the site up a bit and will probably blog a little more once I’ve fixed some things.

I’ve added a Twitter box and a link to my [...]

On the blog again….

Well, it’s April Fools Day but this isn’t a joke post.  I’ve never been very good about posting to my blog but I’ve decided to make another run at it.  It probably won’t be daily but I’ll get something up here at least once a month.  Now that I’ve got a halfway decent camera in [...]

BART / Caltrain to SFO – they just don’t get it

I was reading this SFGate article on BART to SFO ridership being well below estimates this morning.  Having used both BART and Caltrain to get to SFO, I have to admit that it’s no surprise that ridership is so low.  I have ridden train to airport links in a number of other cities and there [...]

Tribal Workers – Am I one?

Those two people who follow my blog have probably given up on following it since I haven’t posted in ages.  The caltrain love poem didn’t happen and instead I’ve been having a very time consuming relationship with my work now that I am responsible for the applications, user experience and server components (metadata mostly) for [...]

My younger brother, college tycoon

My little brother got a nice writeup in the Milwaukee Journal about his business, Sconnie Nation, LLC.  The entrepreneurship bug still runs in the family!  Check out his site if you want to pick up one of those cool Wisconsin T-Shirts.

Caltrain love poem

I ride caltrain from my home in SF to work in Mountain View just about every day and unfortunately for me, my train is about 80% male.  That being said, every now and then there is someone on Caltrain who has caught my eye.  Just tonight, a neighbor of mine who is a new Caltrain [...]

Happy birthday Golden Gate Bridge

Today, in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to vehicular traffic.  Aside from the fact that my grandparents drove from Iowa to San Francisco on their honeymoon, the bridge was:

Completed in 4 years
Completed ahead of schedule
Completed under budget

Ah, savor the days before lawsuits and politicians got in the way of bridge construction.  Sometimes I think [...]

I survived Bay to Breakers

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