Things We Can Do

An Article from this Sunday's NYT: By ALINA TUGEND Published: September 25, 2009 IF there is one word I’m rapidly growing tired of, it’s passion. Not the sex and love type, but the workplace kind. Lately, it seems, I keep hearing career counselors advising the unemployed to identify and develop their passion. Then they need to turn that passion into paid work and presto! They’re now in a career they love. I know I’m being somewhat flippant, but I do wonder if passion is being oversold. Are we falling into a trap of believing that our work, and indeed, our lives, should always be fascinating and all-consuming? Are we somehow lacking if we’re bored at times or buried under routine tasks or failing to challenge ourselves at every turn? Now before I go any further, I know, I know. In these economic times, fewer of us are worried about being fulfilled and more of us are concerned about simply being paid. But as switching jobs and careers becomes increasingly common, as whole profess

Hello Picture. This is a crazy sunset. How many of you think this has been photoshopped?

Today I am going for more hard core tech...yesterday was good...a lot of pasta, no meat. Data Centers are not effecient..... * Kevin Gibbs - Google App Engine * Yousef Khalidi - Microsoft * Werner Vogels - Amazon.com Is there a possible hybrid between dedicated hosting situations and the cloud...cloud burtsting? The man from Google has no answer - he says it's day one. Right this other fellow says yes. This cloud thing is more about enterprise applications than straight up hosting. Also there is no VPN in the cloud. And finally will a security freak like some of our past corporate collaborators allow their site to live somewhere outside of their firewall?? Google says - please use Google apps for your small business development, all this super cool stuff for free. Gmail for your company with your own domain...etc....go to the cloud. And check out App Engine, which isn't quite ready yet. What is an HPC App??? Collaboration and supply chain will move to the cloud qu

FINANCE 2.0 MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR THE NEXT GEN Not a product demo but a product pitch....wanted to see how these things work no need to sell me on the viability. ergh Skipped off to the pOwer of sMall: Now I am in my element: Here they are 1. make small talk - helps a lot learn new things 2. go the extra inch 3. say thank you 4. become a mini-tasker 5. see the glass half empty 6. make small impressions 7. make small changes You gotta trick your mind into changing. Neurological studies show that the most primitive part of our brains is afraid of change. So pretend your already there in the change you want to be and soon enough your brain will catch up - amen or woman as the case may be. Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator: Thrive for financial literacy. You can drag and drop icons to set goals and meet them. Three to five minutes to set up. 3 minute product demo. I am in ...smarter than the mint. Enough to be Dangerous: SPEAKER Kali Cover - Exec Director of Systems Implementation Fox - My Sp

Ok Now I am in the groove, this thing is happening live before me but the only way to track the conversations and movement is to be online all the time. You want to know the best sessions? check your twitter. You want to ask your panelist a question go to their name or session name# twitter - still working that one out - can't you see my raised hand? Oh wait we're geeks. Code on brother.

Inauspicious start with 2 hour flight delay in United's ghetto of a gate B22a. Met a very nice young man, from Austin named Jorge, an accountant with Hilton Hotels who spent a week in Scranton and was eager to get back to home and open to the idea of spending time with the crowds at SXSW. Finally arrive in Austin only to be brought by cab to very nice looking but wrong hotel. (There are several Doubletrees in Austin). Find correct hotel, not so nice looking but featuring a retro-glowing Denny's in the parking lot. Newly renovated interior makes up not so cute facade and sketchy semi-college hood. Another cab to Austin Convention Center (ACC) and the conference begins! I watched the video and am well versed in going to 4th street entrance to 4th floor for badge pickup. Badge pickup successful now off to SODA UnConference Meet and Greet on level 7 Mezz. Find nearest map looking people and ask where this might be. They have no idea what I am talking about. Review map for myself. T

Tried my first Meebo social chat. Nice interface. Fun little fish running around. Maybe it's just me but I don't really like to chat with people I don't know. Read 3 SXSW blogs...you're killing me man. Found an old friend at SXSW on twitter. Yes we are all connected.

Not so much fun. Didn't even make out the door. Last's nights fever and this mornings chills kept me in bed and grounded all day. In between my 8 hour naps I read about the festival on facebook and their blog... thinking this could be fun...a little obsessive on their part but fun...truly a lot of good stuff I want to see.