A couple weekends ago I spent 3 days at Lollapalooza. My only initial ambition to see Radiohead, who I’ve seen once before in 2002 at a big outdoor show in St. Louis right after Hail to the Thief came out. Before that show I wasn’t really even a huge Radiohead fan.. after seeing Thom’s sweet […]
Category: Life
blogs, ideas, and suits
It takes some big ego to start up a personal blog. Really. Twice as much to name it after yourself. Most blogs I’ve read don’t make it past 5 posts; regardless of their agenda. Not only is it a big commitment, but it’s banking on you being interesting enough to hold the attention of random […]
a quiet moment in a noisy mind
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight. Not […]
Zaazin’ and Harbors
I told myself that I wouldn’t write another blog about my spontaneous 14 day adventure up the west coast, but I caved. Seattle‘s definitely my new favorite city. In ten days in Los Angeles, I conversed with maybe 3-4 mostly unfriendly people a day (people I already knew there excluded).. in my first night in […]
Los Angeles, Seattle, and back
About 10 days ago a decision was made to send someone from our company to Los Angeles to take care of a variety of things, which is where I’ve been for about 9 days (in case you’d been wondering). Nobis now has one more employee, a much more built-out footprint, and I’d like to say […]
Little League
I hadn’t followed much good from Improv Everywhere really since their amazing Best Buy caper, but I have to say, they’ve been on lately. It looks like their random public freezes have become an absolute phenomenon. And taking a jumbotron, ex-NBC sportscaster, and the Goodyear Blimp to a little league game is a pretty freaking […]
Back from New York
I’m back from my fact-finding mission to New York and New Jersey. Here’s what I’ve got: – The Potomic River is great seasoning on the brilliant scent of Newark – There’s nothing like a smooth Shlitz (not to be confused with Schmitts) – Barry White is best sung on street corners – The path train […]
Nobis in 2007
January 1st, 2007 – the first day of business operating as the Nobis Technology Group. DarkStar’s office in Dayton, Ohio had already long been packed up and brought to Bloomington, Illinois to join Ubiquity before anyone knew anything of what had happened. With a series of adjoined classrooms in what was once where my grandma […]
Entrepreneurial Psychology
That title may sound smart, but I promise I can’t spell entrepreneurial without spell check. Funny things happen when your business ideas all start working out. Oddly enough, a lot of people will warn you about them, but like most things in life, it’s tough to appreciate until you live it. And unfortunately achieving self-awareness […]
I’m Back
Cape Coral Captiva / Sanibel Island Miami Jamaica Grand Cayman Cozumel Bloomington-Normal Back. What I’ve learned… Illinois is cold. Wendy shouldn’t be given post-it notes. And Nobis is moving to the Cayman Islands: […]