“With regret, I am announcing that I have resigned my position as SVP of Search at Indexr.ai. I sincerely wish the team all the best in pursuing their current goals. The path I wish to follow is simply different and so we diverge. No drama; all respect.” That’s the tweet I shared earlier today announcing…
Buying crypto currencies for the first time can be daunting. Just setting up an account at one of the exchanges can be an invasive experience, with different levels of “proof of person” often needed depending on how you intend to fund an account or move money for purchases. Each exchange has their own variations on…
24 hours. $500 + in gains. (As I start writing this post.) But let’s be honest; we should never expect things like that to be sustained over the long term. This is, however, getting way ahead of things. Let’s start a bit closer to my beginning. I came to dabbling in crypto currencies honestly. A…
And just like that, my time between jobs has evaporated. Seems like so long ago I was looking at the tail end of the year, noting that I’d left BCI and reveling in the time off. The prospect of visiting family, the holidays and the future. Now, today, I’m scanning the horizon; from a new…
It’s the beginning of another year. Much of the country is in a deep freeze, and we’re even feeling some chills down here in Southern California. I truly hope everyone is having an awesome start to 2017 and managing to stay warm. Yeah, I know a few of you are in Arizona, Texas or Florida,…
I have been thinking about gratitude a lot lately. It helps me find balance with the daily stresses I face. Gratitude makes you feel better about a lot of things. Gratitude is humbling and it is inspiring. Our industry is, in a word, amazing. The vast majority of people being self taught to the level…
The #1 thing I need LinkedIn for, and it doesn’t work. Hasn’t worked all week, so I wonder how long it actually hasn’t worked. I connect on LinkedIn to make useful contacts. So when I need to reach out to people, like when a friend says “Do you know anyone at X company, I saw…
Conference season is upon us again, and so is the time honored tradition of living from a suitcase! If you hit even a single conference, you know what a pain it can be to pack. But that pales in the face of managing your gear on the road. Lugging bags through the airport, waiting for…
At the last Pubcon, I was having a chat with a friend prior to going on stage. As these things often go, this conversation was wide ranging. We talked about missing Dana Lookadoo. We talked about Google’s latest moves. We talked about talking…specifically, speakers in the field across a wide range of topics. Then she…
