How listening to Grateful Dead on repeat helps me to understand that life isn't about sacrifices, it's about goals to happiness and fulfillment.
Category: Musings
My secret rock
Relaxing on my secret rock I have a secret rock. It's 3/4 through my weekly hike, and I always stop there to relax for a few before returning to my car. It's obfuscated by the tall golden grass of the hillside meadow in which it sits, with views south and east in Boulder. It's a …
Crown complications and musings on details
It’s 7:40am ET, or 5:40am MT, my home time zone. I’ve been up for 2+ hours to catch this flight from Montreal back to Denver. It’s too early to have been awake for 2 hours, my jaw hurts, and I’m navigating eating an unripened cherry tomato. The vegetable plate was the only item at …
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
I am surrounded by change, in fact my very career in tech entrepreneurship bets on change. But sometimes we don’t fully understand the impact of our actions and our innovations. And in tech, we have been accused (rightfully so) of not understanding how the rest of the world lives. The tech bubble isn’t just economic, …
How connected are we, really?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the word connectivity. In tech, we use the word ‘connectivity' to talk about our devices - how our devices connect to the internet and to each other. As one who travels a lot, connectivity is my tether to work and home. I can survive without my cell connection, …
We bought a bed.
Today marks a monumental day in Mark (husband!) and my life. We bought a bed. Now, I know this doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it is. Our mattress has been sitting on plastic-wrapped box springs, on the floor, for 5 years. Prior to that, our old mattress was on one of those free …
We need more people like Phil Weiser
Phil Weiser is running for Colorado Attorney General and he is a man we should all support with our time, money, and voices. I’ve known Phil for nearly a decade. Phil has demonstrated, time and time again, his commitment to the best interests of our community. Among other things, he’s worked on Governor Ritter’s Innovation …
