For more reasons than one. But, among other things, I’ll be celebrating the joys of marriage with a good friend in NY. My wife and I will enjoy an early Fall drive up all across PA. I’ll try to take some pictures and post those up.
Category: General
Busy Schedule these days…
I’ve been real busy the last couple weeks, so here are my apologies for the lack of frequent posting. I have some homework to catch up on tonight, and I have a presentation to prepare for Saturday. I’ll be talking about using the Internet to help win political campaigns to a group of students from…
On NPR’s “Tell Me More”
I’ll be talking about Obama’s Miami Herald op-ed, the Univision debate and other political subjects. Read more here. Update: Great time talking with Michelle, as always! You can read Michelle’s Tell Me More blog right here. You can listen to the audio clip of the segment of Tell Me More.
Lessons in poverty from Ejovi Nuwere : make them your mentor
Ejovi has another interesting post on mentoring as part of his “Lessons in poverty” blog post series. So how do I get someone to become my mentor? I say “I bet I could really learn a lot from you.†Said early in the relationship, this defines how you want to interact with them. If you…
Me eating crabs
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Leadership: Lessons on Trust and Respect
Some of these ideas are so basic, yet so many leaders completly miss it. Mostly, I think its viral — one leader builds up and mentors another leader, never having taken the intentional effort to teach the importance and value of trust and respect. http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=41001&doc=dale-carnegie-25510 Here is the slideshare presentation transcript. Slide 2: “You can…
Weekend in Annapolis
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Naval Academy Chapel 2, originally uploaded by josuesierra. My wife and I took last weekend to visit Annapolis, and enjoyed an afternoon walking around the town. It was nice, but truth…
Internet advertising consolidation
The Internet Advertising Board has a story on rumors of a M&A between Yahoo and Microsoft. I would never have thought that would happen in a million years, but considering Yahoo’s performance lately, it sounds like it would ad value to shareholders. Rumors has it that Microsoft is putting together a $50 Billion bid for…
City E-Mails to Be Purged After 6 Months
I wish I could do this!! It’s called CYA archive policy — you never know when that search for that old email will save you from the angry boss. D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, who uses three BlackBerrys and relies heavily on e-mails to communicate with top aides and residents, has decided that the majority…
Weekend off
I’m taking the weekend to spend it with the in-laws, so posting might be light over the next two days. I might post up some more pictures if I get any good ones.
Doctor’s Orders: At Least Once a Year
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } La Ceiba 120, originally uploaded by josuesierra. It’s a sure-fire way to get the creative juices flowing. My wife and I enjoyed a weekend at a small hotel outside La Ceiba,…
Perspective on the Susquehanna
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 100_1530, originally uploaded by josuesierra. Here is a shot I took while boating on the Susquehanna this last July 4th week. We boated down the river to a nearby township to…