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Entries from January 2009

I Left My Wallet in El Segundo

January 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

God I loved that song (apparently despite the fact that the song is ancient I still can’t see the video in Canada). Anyway my lawyer is in El Segundo, so my planned trip to Cali is going to start there, head up the coast on a train (I just loved a picture in a tourist [...]

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A Brick Wall

January 31st, 2009 · No Comments

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A Brick Wall, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

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Tribes

January 28th, 2009 · No Comments

I read a lot of books, and unlike my erstwhile partner, I actually finish them. I’ve recently read Seth Godin’s Tribes (it managed to amuse me for about an hour and a half). The fact that Scott Beale gets mentioned some 20 pages in caught my attention, as I know Scott and consider him [...]

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Tags: Books

Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-01-17 to 2009-01-24

January 27th, 2009 · No Comments

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The show turns on a bright light in every soul

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Phoenix Shows: Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour(Mar 27

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Cat Verbally Om Nom Nom Noms

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msaleem
The Media Myth About the Cost of Obama’s Inauguration

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Tuscarosa
The Preemptive 2009 Game Awards

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The Inauguration of President Barack Obama

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BREAKING: Obama takes on Rush Limbaugh

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vick3ii
Robert Reich: No White Male Construction Workers

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Nurse Fights The Feds On [...]

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Stone Hat

January 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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Toastmasters

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Continuing my odyssey through the “T” section of the dictionary…
I went to a Toastmasters meeting last night. Over the years, I’ve done a lot of public speaking, starting in high school, actually, with the nightmarish “Debate” class at Loyola High School (Mr. Mukerji’s class, I recall) to my days in a doctoral program (Best Student [...]

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Training

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Sometimes I think I’m the most trained person in the world. Along with 3 degrees, and a real strong effort towards a fourth (terminal) degree, I’ve taken a whole slew of management and technical courses over the years. Before Christmas Expedia sent me to 2 day long sessions about providing feedback to employees, something the [...]

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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-01-10 to 2009-01-17

January 20th, 2009 · No Comments

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Rick Sanchez Owns Joe the War Corespondent (video)

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Live Gaza Cam – Being bombarded right now.

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The Shocking Secret Past of Sugar Bear

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Guy "plays along" with Spammer, drives him crazy!

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Indiana State Senator Files Gold Money Bill!

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Rebel FM Episode 2 01/13/09

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Democrat Mayor Of Baltimore Indicted For Theft And Perjury

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Watchmen cover for the New Yorker

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Cuomo vs Kennedy: [...]

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Intrapreneurship

January 15th, 2009 · No Comments

I hang out online a lot at Hacker News. The discussion there is mostly about entrepreneurship and technology, areas I’ve been passionate about ever since I took Entrepreneurship from “Sideshow” Bob Blunden at Dalhousie Business School. In general the attitude towards big companies is disdain – big companies have endless committees, and meetings, and meetings [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Travelpod · Travelpod Labs

Times Two

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

This is kind of a bittersweet post. I was chatting with Eli this week about process, and programming, and politics. Eli has been a huge part of the V1 project we’re launching soon, and we wouldn’t be launching it in February (or in 2009) without his contributions. Unfortunately he’s leaving us before then. When we [...]

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