I recently met Andrew Shoemaker who is running for City Council. He impressed me in his understanding of the issues related to our startup community, but also his larger vision of the city. While I don’t normally get involved in local politics, I decided I would vote for him. Now, how about that Vote? Oh…
As many of you know, Ballot Measure 2C, to “explore” municipalization, passed by 1.8% of the vote in November 2011. The idea is that Boulder would investigate taking over responsibility for our energy needs and terminate the relationship with Xcel. I can’t claim that I’m an expert on all such energy matters, but it sounded…
Shareholder Representative Services is hiring a head of Northeast Business Development. Also, a director level corporate M&A lawyer. Great company, great guys and a great idea. Here are the postings.
Recently, I posted about how I believed VRBO’s online reviews were worthless in that they allowed landlords to manipulate renter feedback. My article was picked up and expanded upon in a column by Maureen Farrell in Forbes. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of link backs, retweets and comments regarding my blog. What…
This post is probably more for me than readers of this blog, but today I lost one of my best friends. She was my cat Sammie. We met each other while she was a stray that hung around the neighborhood. One day, she was injured in a fight (presumably a raccoon) and had one door…
Today, I was called for jury duty. Upon arrival, we sat for 30 minutes, then we watched a 12 minute video for juror orientation. The voiceover kept cracking me up, however, as they were unable to pronounce “voir dire” correctly. (Think “vor dire” as in Dire Straits). If you don’t believe me, watch the video….
One of our friendly neighbors – Webroot – is hiring a CIO. Description is below. If you are interested, the email contact is below. And if you move to Boulder and take this job, you might owe me a beer. Chief Information Officer and SVP, IT – Boulder The CIO / SVP of IT will…
I wouldn’t consider myself a movie expert, but I’m excited about a new movie company – The American Film Company. They have a really unique philosophy: to create engaging, commercial, historically accurate feature films culled from America’s storied past. When I first heard the idea, I thought “neat” but can Hollywood make a movie that…
I’m happy to report that Slice of Lime’s redesign of my blog is complete. I’m very pleased with their efforts and invite y’all to comment. Let me know what you think. While the site has been redesigned, I am sorry to report that the writer’s brain (mine) has not. So this is all style over…
I find numbers fascinating and even better when they are put into context with digestible displays. Data visualization is key and people with these skills will be in demand for my lifetime and well beyond. Two recent experiences with large data sets has been satisfying to me. Unfortunately, both are showing the continual deterioration of…