So, I have recently taken a new job (it is a kick ass place to work too), and have moved. In the process of buying a house, a lot of sensitive infomation is exchanged. Particularly around the documentation required for a home loan. Email has becom...
I am a tech head, and I do have a thing for cars. I drive a pretty sweet Honda S2000, and I have ridden performance motorcycles for most of my life. So I know a thing or two about a well running car. This morning, while walking my dogs, I walked b...
Few things make me scratch my head more than people who insist upon using lousy tools way outside their envelope. Case in point: Product Requirements Document done in Excel. While there are a few positives, like easy to prioritize, and re-order li...
I recently took a new job, a couple hours from my home. While we are house hunting and preparing to move, I have been staying at a budget hotel (I have to pay for it, so it is really cheap). This has been going on for about 8 weeks, and it works w...
Just curious if I am unique. I am the Director of Product Management, and have a staff of 6. I am the product manager for our main product line (about 80% of our business), and I play the Product Owner. Today was planning sessions, and as usual, I...
I am a prodigious reader. Have been since early in my High School years. Science Fiction is my chosen escape. I have read most of the genre's and deeply into some of the authors. Heinlein, Asimov, Jordan, Pohl, Haldeman, and many many more. There ...
I have been doing some R&R here in Sedona AZ, and one of the activities I have done was a jeep rental. My wife and I rented a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, and did two moderate to advanced forest roads, one of them called "Outlaw Trail". Below is a pictu...
If you listen to any politicians these days, they seem to be incapable of going more than 2 minutes without commenting on the veracity of "American Exceptionalism". Today, I am going to debunk that claim. I am currently vacationing in Sedona, AZ, ...
I am on vacation here in Sedona, and I have noticed this twice so far. We are out walking around, and a couple will come cycling by. Invariably, the man has the uber cool, new, top of the line bicycle, and the woman will have the beat, old Trek th...
Alas, as it nears its 3rd birthday, I have to admit that my trusty sidekick, my Macbook Pro (late 2008, unibody) is beginning to feel its age. It has been through two OS upgrades (first to Snow Leopard, and lately to Lion) and a HD upgrade. Workin...