Writing
Portrait: Standing My Car Thing on Its Side
I have a Spotify Car Thing sitting on the left side of my monitor. Spotify gave up on it at the end of 2024, but Bridgething brought it back to life with new software, a launche…
ShowGo: A Radio Station Made of Every Band Coming to Town
Music is so hard to discover; the only way to find it is by giving it time and a chance. And by chance is how I've discovered some of my favorite bands. They're either an openin…
Ant.cat: The Site as the Experiment
This one is different. Every other experiment I’ve written about here was a thing I built and then described. How meta: the thing I’m describing is the place I’m writing it.
Poor Lorenzo
When I get distracted, I try to disrupt myself to pull out of the loop:
Baby is a Go: What I Built When I Couldn't Find the Right Way to Share the News
My wife and I found out we were pregnant and I immediately ran into the same problem every expectant parent does: how do you tell people?
BeAmaze: A New Box of Crayons
Ok ok, so give me a break here. This was the first thing I ever tried to build with Claude.
Speed of Collaboration in the Days of Email vs Teams/Slack
Email feels so old and slow, especially when compared to the teal-time multiplayer world of Teams and Slack.
32 Doublings
If you live a long full life and we consider 1 second the base time interval of that life. You'll double your life 32 times. The amazing part is 26 of those happen by the time y…
Letters to Lu: Accepted and Letting Go
It may not seem like a big deal. But, this morning we got an email that you moved from the waitlist to the "if you want it's yours list" for early pre-school. My heart reached o…
The Scheckles
There are people in life that fall in line, follow paths, and operate in the medium that stays between the lines.
Letters to Lu: Today You Played
To our sweet, amazing, universe of a person;
Tools #3: What the Hell is Going On!
Continuing the thread of re-coaching myself to think – https://ant.cat/tag/untool/
Holy Crap, finally done: High Impact Management
Reading a business book in public like High Output Management feels like the dorkiest thing in the world. All I think is, "what a try-hard this guy is." But the cool thing is I'…
Notebook Aug. 2021 to Aug. 2022
I've tried so hard to move away from using a physical notebook for work and personal writing, but there's something so magical about just putting pen to paper. I hit 1 year at m…
Tools #2: All the Hats
Continuing the thread of re-coaching myself to think - https://ant.cat/dogs-and-tools/
Tools #1: Dogs and Tools
Trying to learn as an adult is so hard. You already have so much of your neural network built and weighted that you get pulled back into old patterns. I mean the saying goes you…
Growth and Leadership: Areas to Keep in Mind
Over the last two days, I put myself in a training (SkillPath "Management & Leadership Skills for First-Time Supervisors & Managers") to help me better at helping others. About …
Letters to Lu: Luca
I'm writing this a while after I originally had this thought. It's probably in my physical notebooks somewhere, but posting here anyway.
Ready Player Two - Fun Read....A Bit Cheese
Fun reads are back!!! It's been way too much time since I've had a chance to get into a fun sci-fi book. Huge thank you to my neighbors for gifting me Ready Player Two for Chris…
East to West One Year Later
En Power and Light, Tyson Family, and the Cats
Lunch and Learn: Virtual Reality with DenVR
A few Friday’s ago I had the pleasure of hosting a “Lunch and Learn” with my colleagues at Cognizant Accelerator in Boulder. I brought my team from DenvVR, Ben Tyson and Morgan…
Podcast: Monday Morning Mimosas
Back towards the end of 2017, my friend Sarah Bettencourt asked for me to join her on her podcast to chat about entrepreneurship. It posted this past Monday! We covered a ton of…
Winded by Design Sprints
I love when groups get together and collaborate, but please try to avoid making the same mistakes our team did… It only leads to the group becoming drained, wiped-out, and winded.
Make It Count – Casey Neistat’s Watermark
Casey Neistat, a fantastic filmmaker, has been inspiring people to choose a life of action and hard work instead of sitting around letting life happen to them. He inspired the …
Damn Stoked
Kicking off the year with a new domain!!! Welcome to Ant.Cat
This World Is A Great Wiggly Affair – V2.2017
This post is and always will be a work in progress... and each version will have its own space. - Version 1 - 2014
The Life and Death of a Corporate Innovation Lab — RIP 2012–2016
What happens when a team of three receive a few million dollars with the unlimited mission to, "Go forth and innovate!" for an enterprise organization?
A Bird Wants to Be a Cat
A story about choices, death, and new life.
This World Is A Great Wiggly Affair – V1.2014
This post is and always will be a work in progress... and each version will have its own space. - Version 2 - 2017
Thirty-One
Today's my birthday...and I'm 31. Holy crap. The only song I know to post is...
No, I agree
I've had this one in the hopper for awhile, and silly enough I wasn't sure how to write it. It's about communicating.
A Letter to Enterprise Product Development
I hope this letter finds you well and development on that 3 year project is moving smoothly. I understand you're very busy, so I'll make this short.
Tales of a PO: Week 7 – Hacked...Growth Hacked
During the last few weeks, the hot topic around the office has been focused on growth hacking. We've each been learning as much we can through researching, experiments, and sha…
Okinawa
I recently changed the name of my blog...I'm now on version 4.0....that's right, 4. Here they are in order:
Pasting
The world is a weird place...a wonderful, funny and weird place.
Dirty Deeds...Thunder Cheeks?
For the last 10-12 years I've had the pleasure of being invited to my best friends family reunion every summer in Welaka, FL. It's a small town outside of Palatka, FL, which is …
Tales of a PO: Week 6 – Ask for Help
You don't win friends with salad, and you certainly don't win friends by taking a really long time to solve problems.
Tales of a PO: Week 5 - Band-Aids
Seriously. I thought of this while watching Downton Abbey with my wife. I know...but it's pretty good.
Error Dirty Laundry
> This is a short story that is completely true as I remember it. It was told to me by the parties involved about 2.5 years ago. I'm writing here because I never want to forget …
Tales of a PO: Week 3 and 4 – Don't Break the Chain
Being productive has to be one of life's hardest things to accomplish and even though we have this amazing thing called computers to help keep us productive it can really do jus…
Tales of a PO: Week 2 - Dating
Day 6 of the Product Owner role. Click here for backstory.
Leaders Pour Concrete
I talk way too much about Daft Punk. I can hear myself talk about them and I cringe. I think to myself, "Really, Anthony. Again?"
Tales of a PO: Week 1 - Gut Check
Today is Day 1 of my new role, Product Owner.
Cheat
It's pretty cool that growing up you're allowed to have a cheat sheet. You're just called prepared instead of sent to the principal's office.
Quick Hack/Tip: Socket Wrench
Real quick tip that I just figured out and you may already know. Either way, I'm sharing.
You've Got 20% Power
I no longer bring my laptop charger home with me and I've started to leave my computer unplugged longer throughout the day. Why? Because it gives me a only a set amount of power…
Swimming or as I Call It, Not Drowning
What gets your brain moving? For me it's a combination of all the above: reading, writing, researching, running. I bet you already knew that list was coming because you sir/mam …
My Hope for a Full Phone Future
My hope is that my phone becomes my personal computer, my work computer, and my car stereo What? My phone? Yes!!! My phone and I think it may be possible to hack together. Drivi…
Well Priced Luxury? Check...
The subject of this post was the subject of my Craigslist posting that I initially started with to sell Professor Xavier the XG350, the 2004 Hyundai XG350L to be exact.
Paft Dunk
Random Access Memories will be release next Tuesday, but you can listen to the full album on iTunes through the preview button: > Search on iTunes DAFT PUNK, then click on Album…
The Spam Fetching Pup
For some reason yesterday I decided to check out my spam comments folder to see if anything legit was snagged in the filter. I ran across a spam comment that actually offered up…
My Brown M&M
> This post is dedicated to Sean, who is more productive and has more ideas then 27 people combined when chemically charged with coffee...according to himself. Do you remember V…
Disco Is Back
Today, My White Whale has resurfaced to further tease about the up and coming album Random Access Memories. I could try and explain how friggin excited I am about the possibilit…
Hard Day
It was a hard day, but not for me. I was sitting with my Grand Pa and we were about to start talking about his plans for the future. It was going to be an intense talk that I tr…
A Moment of Reverence
I had a post all laid out, but with everything going on in Boston nothing seems appropriate. My heart goes out to everyone from the hurt to the people that couldn't finish the r…
Getting Old
You realize how old you are when the use of netting has reappeared in your "board shorts." Just an observation.
Volume 11 vs Silence
I've found recently that I've been driving with the volume set of the radio set a big fat 0. Straight Silence....I'm getting old.
No News Is Good News
I'm just going to say it. Don't watch the news. It's awful and it's just end up freaking people out. The news gets better ratings from scaring people than helping people. And it…
I Got 99 Posts Plus This One
What makes a company innovative? Heck, what makes people innovative? Why are we most creative when we're in panic mode? I've been asking myself these questions over the past few…
In the Shadow of Hanks
I have approximately 4 drafts started for blogs that I was going to finish up for today, but a quick glimpse at an article on MSN got me to thinking about something else.
It's April, Fools
I love pranks, but I've gotten away from being able to pull them off for some reason. It's probably due to a lack of time, but for now I thought I would share my most memorable …
Always be learning
The world is changing crazy fast everyday, especially lately with new tech coming onto the market everyday. It's hard to keep up. It's so fast it makes almost going to school po…
Fruit on the bottom, Hope on top
There is a whole list of comedians in the world that are absolutely top notch and can just blow my mind with clever quips and stories. My personal favorites range from the crazi…
Too many ideas...
Writing everyday is pretty hard for me, but for a different reason than you think. Every thought in my head and every instance seems that it could be a post. All day I'm like OO…
Take Away Shows
Short but sweet. If you haven't experienced the greatness of La Blogothèque and their "Take Away Shows" then today is your lucky day. There are some things in this world that I …
Non-monetary Change
I've been working and building a corporate startup incubator over the last 6 months and I've come up with a theory. > If you're not frustrated then you're not a startup. That's …
Fix it yourself
I've been fascinated with projection technology since I was kid. A family friend had one of the sweet looking front projection TV's at their house. It baffled me how 3 color gu…
25% are brilliant ideas
The title of this post is a quote from the same person that gave me the nickname "Anthony Has Ideas". I named it this to lure that person to actually read the blog they instigated.
Yes...but it is a lion
I heard a great quote today by Peter Sagal of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! while he was trash talking with Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal. > You know what they said to the lion? …
The Human/Internet Experience
About 3 weeks ago I had a fantastic shopping experience and it happened at a large retailer. It's something you never hear, right? I couldn't WAIT for the store to open, I had a…
And it was fun fun fun...
Many of the posts that I write are actually for myself. It helps remind me about the things I enjoy and I've done that spark in my life. This is one of those posts, but you're w…
DIY YouTube
The internet and all these new apps are cool, but by far my favorite thing about technology is the ability for people make instructional videos on how to do pretty much anything…
I lost my marbles...revisited
I wrote this blog post about 4 years ago on an old service (cough...Myspace...cough) and it was time for me to repost. It's one of my favorite projects.
Obtuse
I love science and trying to understand the world around me. I could watch/listen to theories and explanations about how the universe was created, so forth and so on. I love tal…
Self-Obsessed
We were listening to a This American Life episode called Promised Land on my way to the lake house. It’s one of my favorite episodes and only because David Rakoff does a fantast…
The Innovative Chronicles – 001: Sittin’ on the porch, eating sausage, sippin’ on a cup of juice, laid back…
On a whim and after many elaborate vacation plans fell through with my wife, I decided that we needed to take refuge at the greatest place on earth. A place where the pancakes f…
Moving to the country, going to eat myself some peaches.
Get ready for some good ole’ fashion tangents.
Short but SWEEET
I'm on PTO for the week! Off to grandma's house we go, and what a beautiful place it is. There may not be any posts for a few days, but we'll see.
My White Whale
It's my white whale. It's been 14 years in the making. My last chance was 2007 and I've been on the hunt for something that I was just a shy too late to experience. It was just …
Olly Moss
Sitting in my movie room, mourning the demise of my projector I looked over and saw some of my favorite pieces of "art work". I wanted to share them. If you have never seen any …
Poo-tee-weet?
About 4 years ago I started reading for fun. This is something completely out of the ordinary for me. I HATED reading as a kid and rarely ever made it through a full book. It wa…
I'll Manage
"It's about managing the people and less about the project." This is a line that I heard about 2 1/2 hours ago and I can't get it out of my head. It's absolutely true and someth…
Let the Shenanigans Begin
Well it's on. I've taken on the challenge of one of my coworkers, Amber (http://amberaultman.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/a-challenge-to-my-self-and-the-great-tre-wee/), and decided…
The Next...
...Time this blog is updated I'll be married!!
The Tron Bachelor Party Video
Once again I have committed another one of my projects to be Daft Punk centric.
Happy Valentines Day!
Goodbye to Zoozical. Hello to CatKnees
The expiration for Zoozical.com has come up and I've decided not to renew it. I've decided to go ahead and finish the site CatKnees.com that I've wanted to do now for quite some…
New Chapter
Well, Yvette is gone. This past Saturday I dropped my motorcycle off in Tallahasee. It has been sold. I did well on it. I figure the whole experience of having a motorcycle with…
My Motorcycle for Sale - Suzuki Bandit - SOLD
THIS POST IS NO LONGER VALID - BUT I'M KEEPING IT...BECAUSE
October 2010 Smoky Mountains Trip Pictures
Here are my pictures from Smoky Mountains Trip I recently went on:
Recent Cartoons
So recently I've made a few cartoons. I've shared them with some people, but I wanted to post them:
Personal Stories
My memory is not the greatest in the world, but I love telling stories...if I can remember them.
This Just In: This Blog Has Been Updated
It's been awhile since I've updated, but here we are.
Oh Savannah
It's been a long time since I've taken a real vacation and explored a new city. Besides my short 1.5 days to the Smokys this past April it has almost been a year since my trip t…
Smokies Do Over
That's right, its going to happen again and this time I'm doing it my way.
A Wrong View
I have a friend who's sole purpose to keep everybody on the same level as him...high or low.
Hard Work
I want to work hard....really hard and kick the ever living shit out of something.
Returning
I return texts, emails, and phone calls immediately. I don't know why, but it's what I do. I feel a little OCD about it. I try to ignore it, but the more I try the more my finge…
Corporate Crap
Why does going to the bathroom at work have to feel like a secret agent mission. Get in, get out and most importantly....don't be seen!
The Wizardy World...
I took my sister to the Wizardy World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adeventure on Saturday. They do a good job, but I think Disney would of done a better job.
Daft Punk Thomas Helmet for Sale - Update: It is Sold
I'm thinking about selling my Daft Punk helmet. If you haven't seen it click here.
I Couldn't Be Louder
Theodore Roosevelt: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Kind of Wish
I kind of wish I would started this blog anonymously. I'm not embarassed about my current content, but I there are certain things I would like to talk about that I don't want pe…
Just in time for the NBA Finals: If you want to be moved.....
If you want to absolutely be inspired to work your ever living ass off at what you love to do...then listen to this:
Lots of Great Change
Carrying change in your pocket really sucks...unless its quarters. I don't mind carrying quarters becaues you can put them in a parking meter, give them to a bum or do like a s…
Smoky the bear says, "Only You Can Make You Happy"
Well Smoky never said that, but I like it and it's my blog and I can make up whatever words a fictional character says.
15 Years Crammed Into 1
[](http://catknees.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/tal-logo1.jpg)Well I did it. It took me 1 year and 4 months, but I have listened to all 402 hour long episodes of This American Life.
People Stock
So I've had this idea for the past few months, but I just need to let it out. It's kind of a "What if?!", but Whatever.
Country Road...Take Me Home...To The Place...
Something I've always wanted to do is travel. I never really did it as a kid.
And Now it is Finished!
So it has been a long time since I've had a chance to update, but here it goes.
Dos Gatos
New Bar/club in Jacksonville, FL: Dos Gatos! across the street from the Florida theatre
Daft Punk Helmet and Jacket
My Helmet and Jacket are NO longer for sale: Click Here
When the audience knows more than the actor...
I think it's called dramatic irony when the audience knows more than the actor. What if it's not an act and it's real life?
Oh man...
So, out of curiosity this morning I wondered what day of the week my birthday (March 1) would be falling on for 2010...it's a stinkin Monday.
When You All of Sudden Realize You Are The Problem
I turned into a Hypocrite. Now it's all I think about.
Nothing Can Be More Frustrating
Picky people frustrate me, but picky people that give little direction are even more frustrating.
And it Begins!
A little scared, but super excited.... I just signed up!
Two Shows I Really Want To See....Join me?
I've always wanted to see a show at Cafe Eleven in St. Augustine. It just seems like a great venue with a cool group of people who support them.
Taverna
A new restaurant in town, Taverna, is in the middle of their soft opening and the little lady and I ventured out to try it.
A letter to Mr. Swayze
You will be missed. This may seem like a sarcastic letter, but I assure you it is not. It's something that I wish I could of handwritten and mailed you, but I waited to long. So…
Stalking Cat
A little Anticlimatic: Forgotten Warrior
Forgotten Warrior on my Samsung T509 has been taunting me since I was 23....well HA. I win sir.
It has Gone from Love to Hate
Weeds: Season 5.....Oh how I hate thee....let me count the ways...
Moron
There are plenty times that I say things, in fact it's more like I'm standing outside of myself watching me say things, that are the just...dumb.
Last Night Adventures
What do I normally do on Tuesday....nada...
TAL 2003
Well I've made it. It's been 7 months of listening to the "This American Life" radio show available on their website (www.thisamericanlife.org) and I've now hit year 2003.
Cedar Point 2009
In an unexpected move last Thursday. My lady and I decided to drive Lake Erie in Sandusky, OH for the Cedar Point 2009 Experience.
A couple different things
1. I started a new job this past week. I've left the fast paced, time consuming black hole of marketing and have now entered the wondrous world of accounting...
Proud to be a grown up
Because I can eat a sugar cookie at 9:55 am and not give a dang about spoiling any kind of meal.
Best Candy in the World
Riesens! They are down right the most perfect Candy you can have... for chocolate.
I am.....
Having no information is not dangerous. It's when you have a little bit that can cause trouble
Oh Marmaduke
For some odd reason when I read the paper I find myself reading Marmaduke in the funnies. I say "Oh Marmaduke."
A great site
This is a site I have known about now for awhile, but just thought I would share it. It make me feel great when I read it.
Don't Do It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK rule numero uno (#1) When you go to Fire House Subs don't be a douche bag and ask what the hottest hot sauce they have is. Whatever the name or crappy design of the bottle i…
Slip and Slides….What else should a club have? Part 2
About 1 year ago it was a very sad time for me. I was very excited about an event that we throw at the club that I work at, TSI (www.clubtsi.com), but we were shutdown the day b…
I guess We live!
I don't know why, but Zoozical renewed itself. No charge...or anything...so thanks GoDaddy.com!
It brings the LOL's
A coworker has now told me about two amazing sites that guarantee a laugh
Back From Bogota, Colombia
What an awesome trip. Lets hear a hip hip hooray for JetBlue and their crazy inexpensive flights to South America...
Easter is great
Sweet Stuff
I'm going start Ruminating on Ruminations
How is this a compliment?
Listening to Winamp on play all and Random while cleaning can bring back memories. I remember driving to high school listening to Oasis, Limp Bizkit, Daft Punk, Stained and whol…
Really?
Well my domain is up for renewal. Should I? I can always keep my wordpress account so my site would now be zoozical.wordpress.com. It's like $40 and does anybody read it...surpr…
Ok so it ended Weird
My last post on 12/18 talked about my sweet little 1990 Geo Prizm....which was a rad car.
Holy Cow.....Time has Flown...Year End Update
Recap of the year....in just a few secs Jan-Mar - New G/f, New Job, New Semester, New / First motorcycle...wooo
Portugal. The Man, Earl Greyhound, Wintersleep Jacksonville Florida 10/24/08
It's been about a week and half since I went to this show, but I finally have a chance to do a write up on it. I was originally super siked about this show. My sister introduced…
Concert Revew: The Faint!
Sorry for my tardiness in my review of last Thursdays (10/23/08) show at the Freebird Live headlining The Faint. I am still recovering from one of the best shows that I have seen.
Jacksonville Florida is Going To ROCK!
Two of my favorite bands are coming to town next week...and guess who's going to tear it up...ME!
Sometimes You Need Aladdin
Maybe it's the brilliant role of Robin Williams as Genie or the creepy badassness of Jafar, but Aladdin is good flick.
So is it just me or is it out of control?
The other weekend I was working my night job and started asking about one of the other employees. I hadn't seen them in like 7 months. It was this awesome 20 year old guy that j…
Yay We are Up and Running
So TSI is back in action. Friday night and Saturday were great nights at TSI. I think it's going to be a great end to strange year, but I'm excited....and I'm planning on CEDAR …
I disappeared
Well ever since TSI has been shutdown I have had very little to write about. Life just isn't as interesting when you have a constant feed of drunk individuals spilling their gut…
Slip and Slides....What else should a club have?
This Saturday, June 28, is the 3rd annual "Wet Hot American Summer" bash at the bar/club that I work at, TSI. This is a party that we throw every year based on the movie,"Wet Ho…
Bud Light...100% full of poop
So there is a new ad out for the lime flavored Bud Light. It's apparently just like Miller Chill, but while watching the Bud commercial....they actually said "with 100% lime fla…
Zohan...What a guy!
This is a non-technical review with no spoilers for "Don't Mess With Zohan".
Well that was quick...
So the dynamics of this page are changing...maybe for the better, but who knows. In the course of one morning half our contributors have quit (if you read a little bit there is …
The Trip That Took 5 Years to Happen!
[](http://catknees.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc012501.jpg)Five years ago, 2003, a spam email was going around showing the newest roller coaster at Cedar Point, the roller coa…
So, here we go!
Thanks for checking us out. We are just getting started on this blog, but we should have some good posts soon!