Settling In In West Palm Beach, Florida

// September 13th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Career, Christianity, Family, Leadership, Learning, Personal, Relationships

West Palm Beach, Florida is a fantastic place to begin my next phase in ministry. Settling in at this church has been easy, and the staff has been more than welcoming. For me, as expected, it has been easy. Ashley on the other hand has had to deal with keeping the kids for long periods of time with little relief as I spend long hours meeting everyone, putting out some fires, and finishing up a 6 month launch of LifeFaithFusion.com For her so far, it has been what she feared. That will change.

What is RAGBRAI?

// August 24th, 2007 // No Comments » // Community, Cooking, Environment, Family, Learning, Outdoors, Personal, Relationships, Travel

“What is RAGBRAI” is a question worth answering. I will be riding it at the end of next July. Wikipedia says one thing and the RAGBRAI web site says another, but let me give you my version.

From Bubble Graphs to Mind Maps

// April 6th, 2007 // 3 Comments » // Business, Career, Design, Learning, Management, Personal, Programming, Venture Capital, Writing

Bubble Graphs

I can honestly say there are almost no learning techniques from Jr. High that I have carried forward through my short academic life into business. However, there is one gift that a now nameless, faceless teacher once gave me. That gift was the ability to put my thoughts on paper first, and then dork with them and refine them. She (I think it was a “she”) called them “Bubble Graphs”, but the point was to brainstorm about a topic for a speech, a paper, or an argument and document things. Then go back and do the organization and structuring of those thoughts, with a final output being an outline.

Google Calendar

// December 14th, 2006 // No Comments » // Apple, Career, Design, Family, Google, Learning, Miscellaneous, Personal

Use Google Calendar. Much like a MacBook, it will make you happy and change the way you do life. Then, share your calendar with me so I will know when you are available to have Starbucks or Skype.
If you don’t have a gmail account yet, you are a loser and lack perspective. Use it… it will save you many headaches from trying to find old emails, fighting spam, and having to delete large emails you don’t yet know are important. I will send you an invite if you can’t get one otherwise. Let me know.

German Purity Law

// September 21st, 2006 // No Comments » // Learning, Miscellaneous, Personal

Another beer post… I recently saw reference to the “German Purity Law” and thought it was some kind of moral code against illicit material or something. As seen below, it is actually a law about beer making. So, German companies, make war or peace in whatever adulterated way is necessary, but don’t you dare mess with the beer!