Travel Gear for the Globe Trotting Geeks

By On 2011/09/18 · 1 Comment · In Personal, Techie

65,000 km a month is my current travel routine with my international engineering firm, Spec Ops Technology. In my past there was formidable travel, but it always was within the continental US which removed some of the complexities in life. With the crossing of borders the type of equipment you need changes dramatically. Below [...]

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Tools of the Connected Geek Trade

By On 2011/06/18 · Leave a Comment · In Techie

As we move up the food chain of life, our free-time becomes more and more precious. There are only so many hours in the day and my generation utilizes them to the fullest. I have been blessed and fortunate to be placed early on in my career in leadership positions while often having to continue my technical work. [...]

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Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit

By On 2010/12/25 · 1 Comment · In Personal

When Digg migrated to Microsoft for advertising a few years ago, I took a personal stand and left. I was desperate to find a home on the internet again and came across reddit.com The site spoke to me! Clean, unobtrusive, geeky, and best of all…open source. In 2007 there wasn’t as many of us around [...]

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No Shave November – Aftermath Report

By On 2010/12/03 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Men in my Family either grow kickass beards or what amounts to patchy peach fuze. Having been military and in the corporate world my whole life I was unable to determine my future. With the departure from Boeing and some personal days to take care of, it was decided to join in on

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Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

By On 2010/05/26 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ALL the time. I by no means have this figured out and would love to hear what works for you guys. We are all [...]

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