Mar 16, 2009 Posted by john

On Moving Forward

I had some bad news this morning. Really bad news- or good news if I can pull myself away from the pain of it. Another member of my family moved to Otherside Camp. Interestingly, this passing comes with a lesson, at least for me. It’s a lesson that is directly applicable to my current desire to build something big and my current participation in an as-yet-not-openly-discussed program that I’ll... read more

Oct 29, 2008 Posted by john

Blogging After Swallowing The Red Pill

Have you ever had the feeling that the universe is trying to tell you something? Really trying to tell you something? Like “I’m about to smack you upside the head because you’re so damn stupid”-trying to tell you something? I just did. It’s a terrifying feeling, actually. Imagine, you’re going through your day to day business, just trying to scrape by,  paying bills,... read more

Oct 24, 2008 Posted by john

Yes, your organization does need a blog.

Yeah, I know, your organization doesn’t need one. Your organization has different goals. Your organization is… whatever people. Look, I’ve talked about this in previous posts12 but want to give you another example. You don’t have to care about Yahoo!, and you don’t have to know what OpenID is. You don’t All you have to do is know that there are two important things that... read more

Oct 6, 2008 Posted by john

What do you mean websites are outdated?

Lately, I’ve been having something on an ongoing argument with my boss about the internet being important. You might wonder who my boss is, and why he would think the internet is not important. I can’t hyperlink to him or to my company because he doesn’t even have a website. Hence the argument. Websites themselves are fairly outdated technology, and we don’t even have one of... read more

Aug 5, 2008 Posted by john

Mind your own business, Google!

A name change, millions of dollars in FBI funding, dozens of people working on Christmas, a special section of Britain’s MI6 created just for me. Not to mention 10 whole bucks for the domain registration. Now, after nearly a week of back-breaking work setting up my super secret website, Google has decided to blow my cover! I mean, what good is the witness protection program with Google flunkies out... read more