Saturday morning. The sun is coming through the blinds of the window in my bedroom. Not much sleeping in is done, though it’s a nice time to lay there and not do much. Turn the T.V. on to A&E. Around this time in the morning a lot of home improvement shows come, including one of my favorites, Flip This House. We recently started watchin...
My wife and I make it a point to watch movies at least a few times a week. With four kids running around, it’s a nice time to just escape into a movie with her. Last night we watched Date Night starring one of my favs, Steve Carell. I enjoyed it as I do most Tina Fey/Steve Carell movies. After that I watched Green Zone. I ended up watching al...
People often say I can be blunt and maybe a little brash sometimes. This comes from years of biting my tongue when I or someone should have spoken up to make [fill in the blank] better, more efficient, etc… Seth’s post resonates with another reason I’m pretty straight-forward nowadays. We spend too much time flowering up responses, rather...
We live in a society that expects instant gratification. We can go on Google and search for something great, we can seek out that awesome video on YouTube and get it within milliseconds! You can put out a request for a nice place to eat in Austin on Twitter and get (almost) immediate feedback. Yet there is one phrase that still gets under my skin e...
My first [official] speaking gig! I’ve been invited by Knowbilty to speaker at this year’s AccessU Accessibility Training Conference in Austin, TX May 10-12th. I say it’s my first official gig since I’ve actually spoken at a few gathers here and there and of course for internal company purposes…if that counts…but...