Just reunited with a long, long lost friend from Belgium. ¡Hola Dirk! (we met in Spain in the 1970's) Thanks @AboutDotMe - networking works!

Amtrak'ing from
40° 0'53.95N, 105°16'13.97W
to
41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W
for the holidays with the lads.

Like snowflakes in Houston, office staff are disappearing quickly as 25-Dec approaches. Peaceful. Quiet. :)

Really enjoying the view from here: 40° 0'53.95N, 105°16'13.97W with a current temp of: 34F/1C :)

James Naismith's rules at auction. http://es.pn/gAf22l < Nice! $2million!!

The 'feelings economy' http://bit.ly/eVW7gf

Complementary Opposites > http://bit.ly/fzjbLX

86F/30C, northern hemisphere, 23-Nov. Really? Really! Just another hot jog on the Bayou. :)```

Missionary CEOs vs. Mercenary CEOs - http://bit.ly/W0V2A (video w/ John Doerr)

Capped a 39.1k/24.3m week with a 4.5m/7.4k bayou jog in 17c/63f coolness. Sweet!

Over 300 people registered to attend 27-Oct "Using Data for Success" webinar wednesday! (and all non-profits!)

Stanley Steemer carpet day. Hate the prep. Love the end result! :)

RT @timberners_lee Please sign: Stop the Internet Blacklist - http://ping.fm/onnwY

Qwiki.com - an information experience. (Alpha)

Autumnal. (32C/91F) Easy Bayou jog. Almost glove/scarf season. ;-)

Escher-esque? http://twitpic.com/2qv7bt

First sub 90F/32C jog in months! Any colder and thermal gear will be in order. ;-)

Jogging playlist updated with Sly > *bit.ly/9vIxiZ

Burning Man's open source cell phone system could help save the world > http://bit.ly/9Eou9C

Google.com/Realtime = timelier, real-time search results.

Great idea! http://www.roomtag.com - Drop 'n drag facility/asset management.

"The four biases of great service providers" - http://bit.ly/cAEBDh

"Our bridges transform lives" > http://bridgingthegapafrica.org > A *real* bridge-builder!

"Small, medium, large - Data for all size orgs!" Working on 25-August, FREE "Webinar Wednesday" preso.

To jog or not to jog? http://ping.fm/HHHQn (that's 38C/44C) Ideas to stay cool?

This week in jogging: 30m/49km. Today's heat index of 105F/40C. S-l-o-w jog w/ lots of water! :)

Google's Net neutrality ideas meet Raging Grannies - http://bit.ly/aOS91W

Dual-core micro processors on the horizon...in smartphones! ;) http://bit.ly/diSssX

WaterLife: 100 billion gallons (378 billion liters) of water evaporate - every *day*(!) from the Great Lakes. http://waterlife.nfb.ca/

Ah Sunday siesta, dulce siesta...

BP Oil Leak - Live Video Feed

Hello August! Heat indices between 37-43C or 100-110F Where? Here> 29°45'35.84N, 95°21'45.12W Better than Baghdad @ 122F/50C !!

Today's run: Centigrade=http://ping.fm/k6ylS | Fahrenheit=http://ping.fm/Y5g0O ¡Caliente, baby! ;-)

"Webinar Wednesday" success! 270 registrants, 4 brilliant speakers from Detroit, Tampa Bay, Tacoma, and Los Angeles. Great Q&A also! :)

Sunday breakfast: Cheerios w/ fruit? Or Eggs Benedict w/ side of bacon? Think, "heart healthy" ;-)

Rotting flesh smell! Our Corpse Flower "Lois" Is Blooming! http://bit.ly/9xzRZF

Yesterday in history: 21-July: In 1983, Vostok, Antarctica dropped to -129°F/-89°C, the coldest temperature recorded anywhere in the world.

Why recovering from failure is such a great opportunity¦ http://bit.ly/bnJx4R

The telos of business. http://bit.ly/cQGkOo < Asacker

Is government exempt from this? Are you? Is your organization? http://bit.ly/dzUsQL

The Y - Brand Essence [Video-Clip HQ] http://bit.ly/cy1xt8

New Jersey* Telecom Audit Finds Unneeded Phone Lines http://bit.ly/c0RUy8 <$M Wasted! [*substitute YOUR non-profit/NGO.True?]

Neighbors' chickens ruffle feathers in Bishop - http://bit.ly/aPoUuJ < High School home town :)

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video | Center for Social Media http://bit.ly/bNoC2a < Mind opening!

"5 de mayo, 6 de junio, 7 de julio...San Fermín"

"It's not the critic who counts...but...who spends himself for a worthy cause." - T. Roosevelt, 1910, Sorbonne - http://bit.ly/bMN7hQ

Slightly longer (& slower) July 4th jog: 6m/10k with heat of 99F/37C. Happy 234th Birthday USA!

What? 2 vaguely familiar objects spotted during today's run: Sol y sombra - mmm... ¡deliciosa! ;)

Houston: On the "dirty" side of Hurricane Alex. How "dirty"? There's *so* much rain, there's no "dirt" left! ;-)

Wow! "Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 film http://bit.ly/aG5MI8 (ht @ruperthowe)

SEO or How to Deliver Bad News in a Good Way | Magazine http://bit.ly/aLmT2u Wait, this is SEO? I thought... never mind. ;-)

Rock star in the world of materials? Graphene. http://bit.ly/cnWo1a 100Ghz graphene-based processor!

G-20=violence. Pittsburgh.$ Toronto.$ Suggest: G-20 dedicated island/protectorate like St. Helena or Tristan de Cunha.$ Secure. Isolated.

4m/6k in 103F/39C heat to end a short week of 20m/33km. Must. Get. New. Shoes. :) http://bit.ly/cAbgIO

Great Saucony shoes @ 280m/450km

Must. Get. New. Shoes. :)

Wow. Chicago weather -> http://bit.ly/bhJwr2

Visual: 1st Day of Summer (USA) -

Visual: 1st Day of Summer (USA) http://bit.ly/cpA6Va

Hello Summer! (Officially today) And for #worldcup - Hello Winter! :) Southern Hemisphere.

24hr Amtrak sojourn tomorrow. First, Father's Day with my lads in Chicagoland. :)

10 weeks ago, new Saucony (great!) running shoes. 280mi/450km later > http://twitpic.com/1wlciu Time for new Saucony, again. :)

.@ 8:25am - only 33C/91F in H-town. Yes, we know what the "H" stands for. ;)

@ $35,000/night methinks room service is "included" (not "free"). And the waterfall? OK, that's free. ;) http://bit.ly/daIHpb

Good news? Thunderstorm dropped temp from 43C/110F to 31C/88F in 30 minutes. Bad news? I was jogging those same 30 minutes. ;)

Adobe reports 'critical' flaw in Flash, Acrobat - iPhone/iPad owners...oh, wait...nevermind. ;) | http://bit.ly/coNUkm

41C/107F (H-town w/ heat index). Hydrate y'all. And SPF ¡al máximo! :)

Hurricane Season Raises New Fears - http://nyti.ms/bXMDim

170+ professionals from 35 states on National NGO's 2nd "Webinar Wednesday".Topic? 10 specific ways for "Using Data for Membership Success"

The Dominator. Cell phone privacy? Ha! (via @katrinskaya) Orwell's 1984 in 2010. http://bit.ly/bXjo6v

"halfalogues" http://bit.ly/a4NUHK

34C/93F, 17-May. Hydrating for late p.m. jog.

Getting cell phones into Cuban hands - http://bit.ly/bXcRum (via @katrinskaya)

GPS Power-Up: Get Ready for New Sense of Place | Wired http://bit.ly/atqlOI

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city, it's the most theatrically corrupt. - Louis "Studs" Terkel

Facebook Privacy Visually: A Bewildering Tangle of Options (50 settings,more than 170 options.) http://urlzen.com/1rx0 /via @BillGlover

Facebook launches new security feature - http://bit.ly/bjMmsG < band-aid/bandage addressing symptom - *not* cause.

The state of wireless satisfaction in the U.S. - http://bit.ly/dz8R8J

Seth: Becoming a bus company http://bit.ly/9njBB8

White Castle woos fans with burger-scented candle - http://bit.ly/d0Iw43 #munchies

New Facebook features secretly add apps to your profile | Security Central - InfoWorld http://bit.ly/cbnfhW (No Permission Required)

The Social Media Cheatsheet (Infographic) http://bit.ly/aWmU4g

OPEN conversations via enterprise microblogging (video clip) http://bit.ly/bzNSnx

8 Best Android Apps for Health and Fitness http://bit.ly/aBCEGt #6 is only $0.99 ;-)

It's all about "2nd mile service" - http://bit.ly/bl9mS3

Time to Audit Your Facebook Privacy Settings, Here's How | Fast Company http://bit.ly/a6F1rl

Facebook data - Want to know HOW MUCH of your data is available to EVERYONE? http://zesty.ca/facebook

Working the net and netting the work. It's all about the nets. :)

FREE: Using Skype via WiFi on Nokia N95 8GB (Symbian OS) for toll-free conference call. Quality. Priceless.

Expanded Cellular Service & More Subway Thefts http://nyti.ms/bxqhwI My Blackberry has SmartGuard now. Who has your data? For how long?

From the CEO: 5 Questions CIOs Need to Answer http://bit.ly/aG7g61

The Levy flight (& Member retention) - http://bit.ly/dbkUKr

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TechSoup Global: Upcoming Tool - Social Media 101 for Non-Profits. #3 is *powerful*! http://bit.ly/9K34zL

A sunny day at 29c/85F, capped a 30m/48km week with a 5m/8km wildflower-lined Bayou jog. Sweet!

Wrong people, wrong question. 1959 consultants say "no future in the market". Xerox copier turns 50! http://bit.ly/c55uSX

Today: 1st Anniversary. Pensive/melancholy. 4m/6k Bayou stroll. Good Friday. Thankful.

It was all too real. The people. The work. The job. The City. The clothes. And then I woke up. Oh, cruel, cruel April 1st. ;)

is drafting and presenting the final "Technology Assessment" report for the CEO & CFO of a $30M Jacksonville non-profit. Identified $avings!

Yesterday's 4m/6k Bayou jog, running away http://songza.org/~2rygd1 (substitute gnats :)

waterlife.nfb.ca Wow. Just Wow.

Six Tips to Reinvent Non-Profits, Fast Company 1-Don't be crazy. 2-Ground people; don't grind them. 3-Give 'em a break http://bit.ly/a2AoQR

"The Complete Guide to Google Wave" - http://bit.ly/dtBnuK 3 Versions: 1) FREE via web; 2) $9 PDF, 3) $25 Hardcopy. Re-freshing!

Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" http://bit.ly/b0MYkE back in my running mix. Ended today's run on that ♫ :)

25c/77F - gotta be the warmest day of 2010 so far for Houston. Hello Spring! :)

Geek speak: Cisco CRS-3, 322Tbps. Plain English: deliver every film ever made in 4 minutes! http://bit.ly/cOoBFy I'll take 2 please. ;)

Franco, 60? Say it ain't so! Franco Harris is 60 today. Wow, seems just like yesterday watchin' this Steeler tear up the field.

Pre-Spring Bayou run. Sunny, 17c/63F. (Pre-Spring = trillions of gnats! Oh, yeah, food chain in action ;) WANTED: runner's gnat screen.

Sunny 14c/58F flying run. Windy 19m/31k gusting to 35m/56k. Blown away! ;)

"Business is *not* about numbers. It's about people and their feelings. Numbers simply tell you…" http://bit.ly/9So09I

…the refuge of the lizard brain…you? folks you know? - http://bit.ly/cuN6ey - or Linchpin?

21c/70F sunshine and a fun run. Adding a little Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon) to my run mix :) Next, Chicago (the band).

Fun. Run. Sun. 2 out of 3 today - no sun, cloudy 17c/63F on the White Oak Bayou Trail. Logged 25m/41km this week.

"Less supersizing. More exercising." - 2 Billboards in Central Florida. (Lovin' it! ;-) http://bit.ly/du2Ucf

Crisis & Obsession (includes another great story of Herb Kelleher's "peanuts") - http://bit.ly/bEesJl (my version of sales tax & 501-c-3's)

1,240,000 pounds! USA salami recall expanded: salmonella outbreak infects 230 people in 44 states http://bit.ly/a2E5Lo

2'fer: Godin/Asacker paths converge re: followers! http://bit.ly/cSGR1r | http://bit.ly/cV4KBw

20c/68F - a leisurely 8.5km fun run in the sun!

Love is…

Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty (J-B Lencioni Series) http://bit.ly/d8wLE0

2C/36F (but rain has moved on!) Happy Friday conversations scheduled with: Chicago, Honolulu, Chicago - in that order. It's on!

Got Google: "Wave"? Yes. "Buzz"? Yes. When will Google announce a "Time" product? Need. More. Time. Beta acceptable. ;)

Frightened, clueless or uninformed? Comfort the frightened, coach the clueless and teach the uninformed. http://bit.ly/bZlYeN

From MIT> list.it - a place to stash your information http://bit.ly/9kxYOm - FREE - open source

A Hole in the Soul of Business - 'a paucity of purpose' - http://bit.ly/bBzRtQ < Wow! So true. So sad. Not me.

Punxsutawney Phil's prediction? Or election day in the USA? What's more important to you on 2-Feb-2010?

-9F/-23C, ChicagoLand's current definition of cold ;-)

Branding... wrestle it to the ground and kill it
before it kills you. - http://tinyurl.com/ydm2rbz

Debt, fashionable? :) Must be. Check out this NATIONAL Debt InfoGraphic - http://i49.tinypic.com/t7xwzl.jpg

El Guapo: Would you say I have a plethora of piñatas? Jefe: Oh yes, you have a plethora. El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?

10 dangerous executive delusions: http://bit.ly/7xSaQQ via Steve Tobak: "common in C-Suites, self-deception is a shortcut to failure."

"As of Sunday evening (5 p.m.), January 17, the text “Haiti” to 90999 program has raised nearly $20 million." from redcross.org

Haiti Text Message Donations Top $10 Million [Haiti] - gizmodo.com http://bit.ly/8cHCZX

One tenth of 1 percent (.001) US pop. of 300M = 300,000 donations of $10 = $3,000,000 < 48 hours! Text 'Haiti' to 90999 (via RedCross.org)

Send a $10 donation by texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 (via RedCross.org) Done. Do it.

2010: Hope mongering…(Seth Godin http://bit.ly/89339t)

Happy Palindrome Day - USA! 01 02 2010 :)

New Year's Day: 4-mile run. Rose Bowl time! Chillaxin'

Scottish theologian Carl Bard:"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."