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Arizona – America’s Natural Theme Park

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:45:44 -0700

There are so many reasons to love and celebrate living in Metro Phoenix. We have a plethora of great State and National Parks, which need your support. We are also in close driving distance to many…

The Arizona We Want Where Doing Takes Ten Years

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:08:38 -0700

The Arizona We Want Where Doing Takes Ten Years:

Dr. Lattie Coor, started a Think Do Tank (Center for the Future of Arizona) after stepping down as president of Arizona State University in 2002. I never really paid attention, but recently…

Restaurants Are Not a Zero Sum Game

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:48 -0700

Restaurants Are Not a Zero Sum Game:

I had the pleasure of participating in a Chandler’s Local Bites meet up last week. Local Bites allows local Chandler restaurants to get together and solve problems they face and increase…

Phoenix Citizens Seriously Under Represented

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:53 -0700

Phoenix Citizens Seriously Under Represented:

Sam Richard has an excellent piece over at the Downtown Phoenix Journal on Size Does Matter. He discusses how messed up the boundaries and representation for the City of Phoenix currently is.

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Commentary on Whats Wrong With Downtown Phoenix

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:54:14 -0700

Commentary on Whats Wrong With Downtown Phoenix:

Last week Tyler Hurst made a post on what’s wrong with downtown Phoenix. There is certainly one thing he got absolutely right, “Downtown Phoenix isn’t about businesses, buildings or parks. …

Incentives Kill Creativity

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:16:43 -0700

Incentives Kill Creativity:

The other day I had jotted down about wanting to talk about incentives killing creativity, because something someone said pissed me off. I put it in my GTD list and forgot about it. I came back…

What Makes Them Click » Blog Archive » 100 Things You Should Know About People: #8 — Dopamine Makes You Addicted To Seeking Information - Applying Psychology to Understand How People Think, Work, and Relate

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:53:21 -0700

What Makes Them Click » Blog Archive » 100 Things You Should Know About People: #8 — Dopamine Makes You Addicted To Seeking Information - Applying Psychology to Understand How People Think, Work, and Relate

Arizona Has a Rich History

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:12:46 -0700

Arizona Has a Rich History:

I hear from people new to Arizona often complain that it is a new city without the deep history they are used to back East where they migrated from. The truth is that Arizona has a fabulous history…

What Do You Spend Your Time On?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:12:46 -0700

What Do You Spend Your Time On?:

Some where in the human body is this switch that indicates if you aren’t pouring tons of resources in the form of buildings and money into something to reach a large number of people that you can’t…

We Have To Stop Laughing At California Now

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:37 -0700

We Have To Stop Laughing At California Now:

We can’t make fun of the Terminator Govenenor or bad discussion making in California for much longer. As currently we are knocking on their doorstep to take over first place as the state with most…

Komodo Dragon Heaven

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:25 -0700

Komodo Dragon Heaven:

Get out and explore one of the great resources in Phoenix. The Phoenix Zoo, one of the top five rated zoos for kids in the United States. Starting Nov 26th Zoo Lights opens up a holiday…

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:08:08 -0700

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is:

Last week at the Arizona Enterpreneurship Conference (AZEC), a panel from AZ TiE titled “Who Got Funded and Why?” talked for nearly an hour about the dynamics of starting up. Steve Swedler,…

The Empire Continues To Grow.. Is It Evil?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:02:56 -0700

The Empire Continues To Grow.. Is It Evil?:

There was recently a somewhat glowing review of the ASU downtown campus in the Arizona Republic. However, I think if you look at the numbers, they might be more scary than uplifting. They seem…

Music Memories

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:02:56 -0700

Music Memories:

Today as I was coming into work Dead Kennedys – Police Truck came on the radio. It took me down memory lane so to speak. I had rush of feelings of my youth days where punk ruled the world. I…

Developer Ignite 2: Location, Location, Location

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:24:59 -0700

Developer Ignite 2: Location, Location, Location:

Here is my presentation from Developer Ignite #2: Location Location, Location…

Abstract: Global Positioning System (GPS) has been around for fifty years, but with the rise of GPS enabled mobile…

Are Our Schools Positioned To Succeed With Our Help?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:27 -0700

Are Our Schools Positioned To Succeed With Our Help?:

One thing I always find odd is that when I tell people that one reason I choose to live in Arizona, beyond it’s sheer beauty and affordable cost of living is a fairly strong elementary school system…

No Creative Left Behind…

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:06:21 -0700

No Creative Left Behind…:

I had planned to release this post in a week or two, but I am jumping it up in the queue after hearing Brent Spore’s “Social Media Universe” session at PodCamp. This is largely to refute those…

Splitting a Problem Into Pieces Then Reassembling It

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:55:14 -0700

Splitting a Problem Into Pieces Then Reassembling It:

Another “ThinkerToys” exercise, by Michael Michalko. It’s been a while, but finding time to force the brain to think is hard to do. During the week I have attended several events and heard lots of…

"Gangplank specializes in being dangerous, by teaching people to stop making excuses and just fucking..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:59:20 -0700

“Gangplank specializes in being dangerous, by teaching people to stop making excuses and just fucking do it. The world cares because we are creating a new economy in metro phoenix that people can’t ignore.”

So What Exactly Is Keeping You In Your Current Mortgage?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:57:32 -0700

So What Exactly Is Keeping You In Your Current Mortgage?:

The bailout had it all wrong. It attempted to fix problems in the system by letting the very people that got us in trouble apply the fix, THE BANKS. Don’t get me wrong, I think everyone who has…