Archive for February, 2007

Testing Out Joost

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I am lucky enough to be one of the “chosen few” (which means I was at the right place at the right time) to get a beta account for Joost. If you’re not familiar, Joost is basically online television. Everything is interactive and on-demand.

Joost™ is a new way of watching TV on the [...]

If “the third time’s a charm”, what’s the fourth?

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Maggie made her “debut” on NPR today

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Our lovely daughter made her “debut” today on New York’s NPR station, WNYC, as the “poster child” for “Kindie Rock” (or at least, that is how I’m spinning it).

In all reality, they’re just using a very cute picture of her listening to something (I believe it was Wilco) on my headphones. :)

I will tell [...]

Just what the web needs… Another URL shortener!

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Like there isn’t a zillion of them out there already… I was bored the other day and wanted to create “my own” URL shortening utility and decided to throw it out on a site that I’ve owned for a bit (and did nothing with)…

If you’re looking for a URL-shortening utility (you know, to “shrink [...]

Looking for a SharePoint / .NET Job In Chicago?

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

If you live in the Chicago area (or are thinking about moving here), have ninja-like skills when it comes to Microsoft .NET (expecially with SharePoint 2003 and 2007) and would like to work for a great company, I’d LOVE to talk to you.

Send me an email and let’s talk. Please feel free to [...]

Things I’ll Admit About Myself (Day 5)

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Sorry about being a day or two late for the final installment of my “Things I’ll Admit About Myself” series. Liz and I actually went out on Friday night and got home late. Yesterday was full of all sorts of car drama and things that kept me away from my computer. With [...]

Things I’ll Admit About Myself (Day 4)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

While I talk a good talk, sometimes I need my own “kick in the ass”

I have had about four “this is gonna be the next big thing” projects that have been going on for the last year or so.  Needless to say, none of them have been “the next big thing” (or even have made [...]

Things I’ll Admit About Myself (Day 3)

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

One of my favorite posts that I have ever written is entitled “Motivation and Opportunity”. What’s that have to do with sharing some info about me?

I love when people have a passion that is so strong that it can’t help but force them to get off of their ass and do something with it. [...]

Things I’ll Admit About Myself (Day 2)

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Carrying on the tradition that I started yesterday, here’s the second revelation that I’ll admit about myself this week…

I get annoyed very easily.

I’ve been working feverishly to fix this shortcoming, but if you’re dumb, lazy or I don’t like your attitude it’s gonna take a lot for me to think differently. :)

Things I’ll Admit About Myself (Day 1)

Monday, February 5th, 2007

A couple of weeks back, the “Five Things About Me” meme was going around and Gregg tagged me to participate. Things got crazy and I never followed up to put together a list. With that said, I’ve been feeling guilty and figured that I’ll take this week to make a meme about myself [...]