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A collection of 14 posts

Thankful For... Life.

Several months ago April and I took part in a rescue effort that wound up saving a young woman's life. It was one of the most remarkable experiences either one of us has ever had. It showed us how fragile life is. It showed us how there is

Existential Week

Existential Week

We're near the end of Boulder's annual cloudy week. It's a nice change of pace from the constant sunshine, but it always produces an odd lens through which life gets considered. I'm looking forward to some sunshine; go away clouds! Over the

Week In Pictures

Week In Pictures

Shot a full week's worth of interactions this time. The 1.2 50mm Canon fixed prime lens is a thing of beauty; dang hard to get focus right at apertures that big, but when you do, the results are incredible. I put an 'X' at the

Purpose

Awesome session with my therapist the other day. It's always the simple things that carry the most weight and have the most impact. "Is your life on purpose?" I didn't ask whether or not what you're doing has purpose, or whether or

Day In Pictures: Thursday

Day In Pictures: Thursday

Ellie at Boxcar pulled together a yummy Cortado to start things off.Rachel Ryle of Don't Stop Motion [http://dontstopmotion.com/] fame shares her creative experiences.Johnny telling me about hanging art in The Laughing Goat. He made me my first latte many many years ago.Nice girl

big backups

photo, music, and video libraries can get very big (in my personal scenario, photos alone push 1TB). they're also the kinds of libraries of content you never want to lose. they tend to contain content that took a long time to produce, was expensive to obtain (music), or

jud@gnip.com is no more

I decided not to stay on through the acquisition [https://blog.twitter.com/2014/twitter-welcomes-gnip-to-the-flock]. I'm no longer with Gnip/Twitter. There was no drama around the decision. It was the right choice for me, though it is of course bittersweet. I have no plans to "do

Day In Pictures; Busy Wednesday

Day In Pictures; Busy Wednesday

The little one on the drive to school.She turned the camera on me while I was driving.Ellen at Laughing Goat CaféGreg Schwarzer talking mountain bike wheel diameters. Always a good conversation to start the day.Time with Jillian; it had been awhile.Gayle Doud running the show and

Day In Pictures; Last Tuesday

Day In Pictures; Last Tuesday

Some last minute homework before heading off to school.First meet of the day; Jim Davidson. My old boss/mentor at AOL. Remains in my "top 3" list of people who have had the most impact on my life.Couple's therapy with Bruce Tift [https://www.

A Day In Pictures

A Day In Pictures

Every now and then I like to take my camera with me everywhere I go during the day, and snap pics of who I spend time with. I couldn't capture three meetings this day because the other parties were too wimpy or shy (or both) to be shot.

My Life In Scrabble Letters

Something hit me hard yesterday when I was playing Words With Friends with my son. I'm always grappling with how to approach life/business. When am I pessimistic? When do I approach something with passion and vigor? When do I shy away from something? When do I lock

Hiring & Poaching

Hiring & Poaching

We've been doing a lot of hiring at Gnip [http://gnip.com/careers] lately. While I've hired a lot over the years, I've never hired across this broad a role/responsibility spectrum before, nor in such a small geography as Boulder. I pulled this

Öm

My experience at Gnip has tested me in uncountable ways. From technical capabilities, leadership, and work-life balance, to trouble sleeping due to inability to turn my brain off at night as I churn on our challenges. What I've resolved as the most important thing for me to master

Me.dium; it's a startup life.

Why did I leave my phat Technical Advisor job at AOL [http://aol.com/] six months ago to join Me.dium [http://me.dium.com/]? I took a 60% pay cut and doubled my hours in the process. I'm stressed to a degree I didn't know