December 2009
14 posts
Thoughts on “What Matters Now?” →
Several people pointed me to What Matters Now? (Download the PDF e-book version) arranged by Seth Godin. I glanced over it and thought it looked interesting, but didn’t have time to read it. I…
Sunday Review: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning:... →
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Take Away: If you desire to understand how…
Arizona Robbing Peter to Pay Paul (State Park... →
Arizona is in a fiscal melt down. They need to balance the budget. The state is going to have to get creative to do so without slashing everything to the bone. In a move that I just can’t seem to…
Explore Arizona Tweetups →
I have been talking a little bit lately about the Arizona State Park System and it’s woes. I realized that many people that are new to Arizona haven’t really explored it and don’t understand…
Accountability Is Painful! →
Part of doing agile development means being accountable and transparent. Recently Integrum has started to step up it’s path towards excellence. The team felt that testing was not being all that it…
Sunday Review: Talent Is Overrated: What Really... →
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Take Away: Deliberate practice is hard work,…
Regional Ruby Conference in Phoenix, Arizona →
There was a call for conference planning for a Regional Ruby Conference on the Ruby AZ meeting list recently. It was at the request of fellow local Ruby company DevFu that I decided to attend. I…
Sunday Review: Driven From Within by Michael... →
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Take Away: Jordan proves that talent had…
Importing Manufacturing.. Boon or Bust? →
The largest Chinese manufacturer of solar panels, Suntech Power, has announced that it is opening a manufacturing plant here in Metro Phoenix. This is fabulous news. I think. It is hard to…
Startups and Mind Camps and Crowd Pitches. Oh My →
It is clear to me that we are not in Kansas anymore. I expected today to be full of amazing as more days than not seem to be that way of late around Gangplank. The morning got going by kicking off…
Maybe Teacher Unions Are Part of the Problem →
House Bill 2011 was signed on September 4th and went into effect November 24th. What exactly is bill 2011?
Districts can no longer have policies that use seniority or tenure for retention or…
We Take Open Space for Granted →
One of the best things about living in metro Phoenix is that we can be in the center of a seemingly never ending city, but still be surrounded by the beauty of the desert at every turn. There is a…
U of A in Downtown Phoenix.. Does This Smell... →
There is a lot of talk about U of A building a new cancer center in downtown Phoenix. There is no denying that this would help fulfill long ago given promises made by the Phoenix Biomedical…
Helping Find the Money To Make It →
I read the Phoenix Business Journal every week as part of keeping up with business here in Metro Phoenix. I was floored when I read “Finding the money to make it“. What was incredible to me were…