TEDxTriangleNC was held March 6th.  As mentioned previously, I was one of the organizers.  I want to look back at what worked and what didn’t.
At the event I checked attendees and speakers in.  Due to this I missed most of the first talks, so I can’t speak to how the day kicked off. From what [...]

You’ve likely heard of the TED conferences.  They are renouned for their speakers and the ideas they present.
There is a TED conference every year in California and they’ve also started in other places in the world, such as India.
A TED Conference is expensive: expensive to put on and expensive to attend.  But why should TED [...]

In December of 2009, Seth Godin put out a call on his blog: donate 30 dollars or more to the Acumen fund and receive an advanced copy of his new book, Linchpin.
That was the deal that I signed up for and here’s the review.
Upon opening the book, the first thing I noticed was the loose [...]

There are times I go to write a blog post and a thought holds me up – I think I’ve read this before, but I know I didn’t write it.
I had planned to write a blog post on considering the opposite of whatever you’re doing – but Derek Sivers has already written it for me.  [...]

Life has picked up this week.  I’m joining the daily grind with most of the population again.  It’s strange to find myself beating the sun up in the mornings.  It’s also certain that I’ll start to flirt with sleep deprivation again.  That wasn’t a problem when I was unemployed.
I’m now a contractor with Lenovo, as [...]