Inside Krasnodar

We have arrived safely in Krasnodar. The weather is hot, hot, hot (95 degrees plus)!

Back in Boston until July 11th. (cell: 617.566.3060)

There has certainly been a lot written in the Western press lately about Russia and how it has been backsliding with respect to “freedoms.” However, I have spent the past 10 weeks here in Krasnodar and the reality, as I have seen it here, is starkly different. Rather than spend a lot of time trying [...]

At Strike in the office

I listen to a lot of podcasts and invariably the hosts will say during a show, “Check the show notes for a link to this website.”
One of he podcasts I listen to, Mac Nu Podcast, has done something pretty cool. They put those links, listed in their shownotes, up on del.icio.us. I just went to [...]

I am awed and outraged. I am awed by Bob Woodruff. I am outraged at our politicians.
I am half way through watching Bob Woodruff’s report To Iraq and Back on my TiVo. You want to see something that will make you cry (sorrow but also joy). Watch this program (ABC has the full program on [...]

I have a confession to make- I’m a tech book junkie. Over the past year, I have purchased (and returned half of them) close to 40 tech books. No, I haven’t actually read all of them (although I did intend to read each one at the time of purchase. lol). Instead, I read about 25% [...]

As a user of Google Apps, I’m glad to read that Google is rolling out a premium version of the service. One suggestion. I would like to see Google incorporate Google Language Tools (Translator) into the Gmail piece of Google Apps. Make this translation feature only available in the premium Google Apps version.
How amazing would [...]

We’ve all heard what happened on that jetBlue plane in NYC, which sat on the tarmac for 8+ hours. Yes, I would have been apoplectic too if I had been on that plane. BUT, jetBlue has handled itself amazingly well post-SNAFU. It’s been interesting to watch as jetBlue and David Neeleman say they are sorry [...]

I believe that the widgetsphere has reached the end of its beginning. I saw a new widget today which proves to me that my vision for Personal Widgets serving as “data containers” is possible.
First, thank you and a hat tip to Lawrence Coburn at Sexy Widget. Lawrence wrote a great blog post yesterday titled, LinkedInABox [...]