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An Introvert Like Me

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

k, @CincyRecruiter, er, Jennifer McClure hits another home run identifying the value of the introvert. I second the notion that the introvert has so much to offer. It’s taken me many years to understand what I bring to the table. But when I finally started feeling completely comfortable with who I am and I started [...]

Build It, Then Drag Them Through The Door

Monday, March 16th, 2009

When Field of Dreams was released two decades ago, I remember stories of men in their 40s and older, in tears, as they streamed out of theaters. Now that I’m almost 40, I think I need to go back and take a look at this movie again, because to me the premise seems flawed. Of [...]

Great First Real Ride This Year

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Got out on the bike for about 42 miles yesterday. The dynamic conditions made the ride exhilarating and difficult at the same time. And of course it was my first ride of the year, so I managed to make stupid mistakes, like forgetting sunscreen. My calves burned, and when that happens, they hurt for days. [...]

Job Creation in Over The Rhine

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

The other day I mentioned the UC Center of Innovation for Entrepreneurship in IT (COI) to Jody Detzel. We were brainstorming a bit in a conversation over coffee at the Rookwood Starbucks. Why? Because that’s where pretty much everybody has conversations in this city. Seriously. You ever walk in that place? You’d think every business [...]

Lobbing Softballs

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

If you’re like me, and I suppose most educated Americans are in this respect, you know just enough about politics to apply logic to an argument but not enough to cite case law and precedent to the Nth degree about most subjects. This is true for me because I spend most of my available time [...]

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