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2023 • 2022 • 2018 • 2017 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008

2023 (5)

July 31st --- Speed of Collaboration in the Days of Email vs Teams/Slack (General, Observation, Product Management) (Email, Ideas, Tune-Yards)
April 11th --- 32 Doublings (General, Observation, Review) (AI, ChatGPT, DeVotchka, Life)
February 9th --- Letters to Lu: Accepted and Letting Go (General, Observation, Story) (Khruangbin, Letters to Lu)
February 6th --- The Scheckles (General, Observation) (Friends, Life)
January 17th --- Letters to Lu: Today You Played (General, Observation, Story) (Letters to Lu, Life)

2022 (8)

September 6th --- Tools #3: What the Hell is Going On! (General, Product Management) (Facilitating, Learning, Untool)
September 3rd --- Holy Crap, finally done: High Impact Management (General, Product Management, Review, Uncategorized) (Book Review, High Impact Management, Product Management)
August 29th --- Notebook Aug. 2021 to Aug. 2022 (General, Review) (Happy Birthdays, Life, Notebook, Reviews, Things I learned, Wins)
June 30th --- Tools #2: All the Hats (General, Product Management) (Facilitating, Learning, Untool)
June 15th --- Tools #1: Dogs and Tools (Product Management) (Facilitating, Learning, Untool)
April 22nd --- Growth and Leadership: Areas to Keep in Mind (General, Product Management)
February 13th --- Letters to Lu: Luca (General, Observation, Story) (Disney, Letters to Lu, Luca, The Blaze)
February 2nd --- Ready Player Two – Fun Read….A Bit Cheese (Review)

2018 (6)

April 21st --- East to West One Year Later (General, Observation)
March 10th --- Lunch and Learn: Virtual Reality with DenVR (Events, General, Story) (DENVR, LUNCH AND LEARNS, PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCH, TALKS, VIRTUAL REALITY)
February 2nd --- Podcast: Monday Morning Mimosas (General, Product Management, Story) (Interviewing, Podcasts, Slack)
January 21st --- Winded by Design Sprints (General, Product Management) (DESIGN SPRINTS, IDEATION, WORKSHOPS)
January 14th --- Make It Count – Casey Neistat’s Watermark (General) (Casey Neistat, Do What You Can't, Filmmaking Is a Sport, Make It Count)
January 1st --- Damn Stoked (General, Observation) (2018, COLORADO, DENVR, POLITICS, VR)

2017 (1)

July 15th --- This World Is A Great Wiggly Affair – V2.2017 (General, Observation) (Alan Watts, AMAZON, Life, Strfkr, TESLA, TOYOTA, WIGGLY)

2014 (2)

May 19th --- This World Is A Great Wiggly Affair – V1.2014 (General, Observation) (Alan Watts, AMAZON, Life, Strfkr, TESLA, TOYOTA, WIGGLY, Wiggly World)
March 1st --- Thirty-One (General) (Birthday, Getting Old, Peterbrooke, Skydiving)

2013 (54)

December 16th --- No, I agree (General, Observation, Product Management) (clayton christensen, Communication, Jobs-to-be-done, the Delfonics)
October 27th --- A Letter to Enterprise Product Development (General, Product Management, Story) (Ignite With Us, Le Loup, Lean, Letter, Product Development)
October 25th --- Tales of a PO: Week 7 – Hacked…Growth Hacked (Product Management, Story) (Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Diablo, Growth Hackings, Neverhood)
October 21st --- Okinawa (General, Story) (Anthony Has Ideas, Myagi, Names, Ok Now What, Pat Morita)
October 20th --- Pasting (Observation) (Drugs, Jefferson Airplane, Pasting, Prank)
October 14th --- Dirty Deeds…Thunder Cheeks? (General, Story) (AC DC, Boating, Fish Ears)
October 14th --- Tales of a PO: Week 6 – Ask for Help (Observation, Product Management) (Help, Leadership, The Beatles)
October 7th --- Tales of a PO: Week 5 – Band-Aids (Product Management)
September 28th --- Error Dirty Laundry (General, Observation) (Courtesy, Gentleman, Laundry, Story)
September 24th --- Tales of a PO: Week 3 and 4 – Don’t Break the Chain (Product Management) (Fleetwood Mac, Productivity, Seinfeld)
August 27th --- Tales of a PO: Week 2 – Dating (General, Product Management) (Dating, Ignite, Interviewing, Product Owner, Startup)
August 22nd --- Leaders Pour Concrete (Observation, Product Management) (Concrete, Daft Punk, Founders, Leaders, Startups)
August 19th --- Tales of a PO: Week 1 – Gut Check (Product Management) (Ignite, Product Owner, Startup, Swingers)
August 7th --- Cheat (General, Observation) (Cheat Sheets)
July 20th --- Quick Hack/Tip: Socket Wrench (General, Projects and Builds) (Life hack, socket wrench)
June 19th --- You’ve Got 20% Power (General, Observation) (getting things done, Life hack, time)
June 17th --- Swimming or as I Call It, Not Drowning (General, Observation) (Not Drowning, Reading, Researching, Running, Writing)
June 7th --- My Hope for a Full Phone Future (General, Projects and Builds)
May 16th --- Well Priced Luxury? Check… (General, Observation) (Craigslist, Hyundai, Lean Startup, xg350L)
May 13th --- Paft Dunk (General, Review) (Daft Punk, Random Access Memories)
May 8th --- The Spam Fetching Pup (General) (Bush, Machinehead, Spam)
May 7th --- My Brown M&M (General, Story) (JR, Junior, M&M, Overdraft Protection, Van Halen)
April 29th --- A Bird Wants to be a Cat (General, Observation) (After Life, Birds, Cats)
April 17th --- Disco Is Back (General) (Daft Punk, moby dick)
April 16th --- Hard Day (Events) (Death, Family, Hard Day)
April 15th --- A Moment of Reverence (General) (Boston, Reverence)
April 14th --- Getting Old (Observation)
April 8th --- Volume 11 vs Silence (Observation) (Getting Old)
April 7th --- No News Is Good News (Observation) (Commercials, News, TV)
April 6th --- I Got 99 Posts Plus This One (General) (Batman, Lean, Startup, Success)
April 3rd --- In the Shadow of Hanks (Observation) (Life Problems, music)
April 1st --- It’s April, Fools (Story) (April Fools, Life Stories)
March 30th --- Always be learning (Observation) (HTML, Learn, The Letter People)
March 29th --- Fruit on the bottom, Hope on top (General) (Comedy, Mitch Hedburg)
March 28th --- Too many ideas… (Observation) (Date Night, Fleetwood Mac, Life)
March 26th --- Take Away Shows (General) (Beirut, Fleet Foxes, La Blogothèque)
March 25th --- Non-monetary Change (Observation) (Change, Startup)
March 24th --- Fix it yourself (Projects and Builds) (DIY, Optoma HD66, Projector Fix)
March 22nd --- 25% are brilliant ideas (Projects and Builds) (Carputer, Projects, Trans Am)
March 21st --- Yes…but it is a lion (General, Observation) (Apple, Lion, NPR)
March 20th --- The Human/Internet Experience (General, Observation) (Tech, Trips, Web)
March 19th --- And it was fun fun fun… (General) (jobs)
March 18th --- I lost my marbles…revisited (General, Projects and Builds) (Disney, Doors, Projects, Swedish Punk Bands)
March 18th --- DIY YouTube (Projects and Builds) (DIY)
March 16th --- Obtuse (General, Observation) (Programming, Religion, Science)
March 13th --- Self-Obsessed (General)
March 12th --- The Innovative Chronicles – 001: Sittin’ on the porch, eating sausage, sippin’ on a cup of juice, laid back… (General, Product Management) (Ideas, New Job, Story)
March 11th --- Moving to the country, going to eat myself some peaches. (General, Product Management, Trips) (Expectations, Road Trip)
March 10th --- Short but SWEEET (General) (Vacatation)
March 9th --- My White Whale (Events, General, Review, Trips) (Alive 2007, Daft Punk, growing up, music, SNL, SXSW)
March 8th --- Olly Moss (General) (Art, Movies, Olly Moss)
March 7th --- Poo-tee-weet? (General, Review) (Books, David Sedaris, Kurt Vonnegut, Reads, Start With Why, When You're Engulfed in Flames)
March 6th --- I’ll Manage (Product Management) (mental-health, Project Management, work)
March 5th --- Let the Shenanigans Begin (General) (Challenge)

2012 (1)

January 4th --- The Pinewood Derby 2011 (Events) (Dos Gatos, Pinewood Derby, Spina Bifida Jacksonville)

2011 (5)

October 25th --- The Next… (Events) (Married)
May 24th --- The Tron Bachelor Party Video (Events, Projects and Builds) (Bachelor Party, Daft Punk, MindBendStudios, Tampa, Tron Legacy)
February 14th --- Happy Valentines Day! (General) (Cartoon, English Humor, Frauline, Invitation)
February 2nd --- Goodbye to Zoozical. Hello to CatKnees (General) (CatKnees, Karen Kurycki, Zoozical)
January 18th --- New Chapter (Events, General, Trips) (Disney, Movember 2010, New Years Epcot, Suzuki Bandit)

2010 (22)

November 2nd --- My Motorcycle for Sale – Suzuki Bandit – SOLD (General, Projects and Builds) (GSF600, Motorcycle for Sale, Smoky Mountains, Suzuki Bandit, Tail of the Dragon, yvette clue)
October 29th --- October 2010 Smoky Mountains Trip Pictures (Trips)
October 27th --- Recent Cartoons (General) (Ariba, BidQuote, Cartoon, French Fry, French Maid, Frylock, Oyster)
October 14th --- Personal Stories (General) (Stories)
October 12th --- This Just In: This Blog Has Been Updated (Events, General, Trips) (Adecco Group, Art Walk, Brooklyn, Dos Gatos, Florida, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Halloween, Jacksonville, Modis, Thanksgiving Outback Classic 2010, The Flaming Lips, Vampire Weekend, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)
August 24th --- Oh Savannah (Review, Trips) (Bohemian Hotel, Circa 1875, Dos Gatos, J. Christophers, Krystals, Leoci's, MexiCali, Rocks on the River, Savannah, Sidecar, Sweet Melissa's, The Mansion on Forsyth Park, Tybee Island)
August 17th --- Smokies Do Over (Trips) (Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tail of the Dragon)
August 12th --- A Wrong View (Observation) (Friends, Selfish Ass)
July 22nd --- Hard Work (General) (Education, Guitar, Hard Work, Violin)
July 21st --- Returning (General) (Cell Phone, Despicable Me, Email)
July 20th --- Corporate Crap (Observation) (Bathroom, Corporate, Misson Impossible, YouTube)
July 19th --- The Wizardy World… (Trips) (Disney, Islands of Adeventure, Wizardy World of Harry Potter)
July 15th --- I Couldn’t Be Louder (General)
July 15th --- Daft Punk Thomas Helmet for Sale – Update: It is Sold (Projects and Builds) (Daft Punk Helmet for Sale, Thomas Bangaltar)
July 14th --- Kind of Wish (General) (anonymous blog)
June 8th --- Just in time for the NBA Finals: If you want to be moved….. (General) (Inspiration, Meet the Pros, NBA Finals, This American Life)
May 14th --- Lots of Great Change (General) (11E Forsyth St, Adecco, Change, Dos Gatos Jacksonville, King of Kong, Modis, MPS Group, Smokey Mountains)
April 13th --- Smoky the bear says, “Only You Can Make You Happy” (Trips) (Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tail of the Dragon, TwentyMile)
March 29th --- 15 Years Crammed Into 1 (General, Review) (Alex Blumberg, David Sedaris, Ira Glass, Nancy Updike, Public Radio, Scott Carrier, Starlee Kine, This American Life, WJCT)
March 24th --- People Stock (General, Observation) (Bonds, People, Stock)
February 4th --- Country Road…Take Me Home…To The Place… (Trips) (Cross country Motorcycle Trip)
February 2nd --- And Now it is Finished! (Events, General) (Colombian Christmas, Disney Marathon 2010, Movember, Run 5k to Keep Kids Alive, Thanksgiving Outback Classic 2009)

2009 (33)

November 16th --- Dos Gatos (General, Review) (Bars, Clubs, Dos Gatos, Florida, Jacksonville)
November 2nd --- Daft Punk Helmet and Jacket (Projects and Builds) (Daft Punk Helmet, Daft Punk Jacket, EL Wire, Florida Georgia, Halloween 2009, LEDs, Speakers, TSI)
October 27th --- When the audience knows more than the actor… (General, Observation) (9/11, Bush Gore, This American Life, Woot)
October 14th --- Oh man… (General) (2012, Birthday)
October 12th --- When You All of Sudden Realize You Are The Problem (General)
October 6th --- Nothing Can Be More Frustrating (General) (marketing, picky people)
September 29th --- And it Begins! (General, Trips) (2010 Walt Disney World Marathon)
September 22nd --- Two Shows I Really Want To See….Join me? (Events, Review) (BLK JKS, Cafe Eleven, Dog and Pony Showprints, Elvis Perkins, Junior Boys, Karen Kurycki, North Florida Concerts, Portugal. The Man, The Faint, The Show is the Rainbow)
September 17th --- Taverna (Review) (Jacksonville Restaurants, Taverna)
September 16th --- A letter to Mr. Swayze (General) (bohdi, Dirty Dancing, Donnie Darko, Ghost, HBO, Jim Cunningham, Patrick Swayze, Point Break, Roadhouse, Sam Wheat)
September 15th --- Stalking Cat (General) (Cat)
September 11th --- A little Anticlimatic: Forgotten Warrior (Review) (32x, DOOM, Forgotten Warrior, Genesis, Samsugn T509, Sega CD)
September 3rd --- It has Gone from Love to Hate (Review) (MadMen, TrueBlood, Weeds)
September 2nd --- Moron (Observation)
August 26th --- Last Night Adventures (Events, Review) (5 points, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville Beardsmith Society, Philler, Snore the Band, Steamworks)
August 20th --- TAL 2003 (General, Review) (20 Acts in 60 Minutes, Favorites, Radio Shows, This American Life)
August 18th --- Cedar Point 2009 (Trips) (Cedar Point, Lake Erie, Ohio, Sandusky, Top Thrill Dragster)
August 3rd --- A couple different things (General) (badassness, FireAnt Computer Techs, New Job, Orange Park CPA Firm)
July 15th --- Proud to be a grown up (General) (Grown Up, Sugar Cookies)
July 10th --- I am….. (General) (modern Jackass, This American Life)
July 10th --- Best Candy in the World (Review) (Riesens, Sprees)
June 26th --- Oh Marmaduke (General)
June 14th --- A great site (General) (1000 Awesome Things)
June 14th --- Don’t Do It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (General, Review) (357 Mad Dog Hot Sauce, Stupid Decisions in Life)
June 12th --- Slip and Slides….What else should a club have? Part 2 (Events) (American, Beer, Clubs, Hot, Slip and Slides, Summer, Wet, Wet Hot American Summer Party 2009)
May 8th --- It brings the LOL’s (General, Review) (Ruminations, Text From Last Night)
May 8th --- I guess We live! (General) (GoDaddy.com, New York)
March 24th --- Easter is great (Observation) (Easter, Jolly Rancher Jelly Beans)
March 24th --- Back From Bogota, Colombia (Trips) (Bogota, Colombia, JetBlue)
February 19th --- Sweet Stuff (General) (Busch Gardens Tampa, Ruminations, Woot)
February 15th --- How is this a compliment? (Observation) (90's Music, Dumps Like a Truck, Sysqo Thong Song, Winamp)
February 12th --- Really? (General) (Aladdin, Domain Renewals, Zoozical)
January 23rd --- Ok so it ended Weird (General, Trips) (1999 Oldsmobile Delta 88, Bogota Colombia, Cartagena, Rosetta Stone)

2008 (14)

December 18th --- Holy Cow…..Time has Flown…Year End Update (Review) (Motorcycle, TSI, WhatsUpJacksonville.com, Year End Update)
November 4th --- Portugal. The Man, Earl Greyhound, Wintersleep Jacksonville Florida 10/24/08 (Events, Review) (Earl Greyhound, Florida, Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, Portugal. The Man, Wintersleep)
October 29th --- Concert Revew: The Faint! (Review) (Concerts, Freebird Live, Jacksonville Florida, Summerbirds in the Cellar, The Faint, The Show is the Rainbow)
October 16th --- Jacksonville Florida is Going To ROCK! (Events) (Bright Eyes, Cursive, Digital Ash in a Digital Ern, Portugal. The Man, Radio Head, San Marco, The Faint)
October 16th --- Sometimes You Need Aladdin (General, Observation) (Aladdin, Relationships, Robin Williams)
October 15th --- So is it just me or is it out of control? (General, Observation) (Drugs)
September 16th --- Yay We are Up and Running (General)
August 18th --- I disappeared (General) (GMAT, MBA, TSI)
June 26th --- Slip and Slides….What else should a club have? (Events) (Beer, Clubs, Hot, Slip and Slides, Summer, Wet)
June 17th --- Bud Light…100% full of poop (Observation) (Bud Light, Commericals)
June 8th --- Zohan…What a guy! (Review) (Adam Sandler, Movie Review, Zohan)
May 25th --- Well that was quick… (General)
May 15th --- The Trip That Took 5 Years to Happen! (Trips) (Cedar Point, Ohio, Roller Coasters, Top Thrill Dragster, Vacation)
May 13th --- So, here we go! (General) (About)