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  • The more things change, the more they stay the same

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    With all the buzz lately about Metawatch Strata, Pebble, Google Glasses and others, I couldn’t help but dig up this old Microsoft SPOT video — circa 2003. I wish I could post the pitch video I did for my project before leaving Microsoft.

  • New beginnings at eBay

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    My work is an important part of my life – after all, like many people I spend more time working than doing anything else.  When I started thinking about what I wanted to work on after TV software for cable/telco carriers at Microsoft, I established a set of criteria that I would use to measure…

  • My farewell to Microsoft

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    Leaving Microsoft was a tough decision but it was time for a change for me after my final attempt to get traction on my new product idea I had been pitching internally was unsuccessful.  I had spent a good portion of the year leading up to this decision considering what would be the right next…

  • 10 Years at Microsoft

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    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

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    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…

  • A year has passed since I wrote my note…

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    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…

  • On the blog again….

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    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

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    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?

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    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

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    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.