"People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them." Stephen Covey. [i.e. know who you are, what you value]

"It's up to each of us alone to figure out who we are, who we are not,and to act consistently with those conclusions."Tom Peters,Re-imagine!

"My concern is creating an environment where good people want to hang around."Tom Peters, Re-imagine![Amen.Keep brilliant people challenge!]

Escher-esque whoa! http://bit.ly/2yLKaT

freeconference.com [USA] FCC vs. Consumer http://bit.ly/c8sB1 guess who loses? (hint: not the FCC) ;)

freeconference.com [USA] - going the way of the dinosaur? Say it ain't so. Anyone else heard this?

Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists,human rights groups,communists, vegetarians… http://bit.ly/3C1NsV vegetarians?

Jay Lo (our own Jennifer Lopez) new Blackberry service activated. I was just there for "moral support". Hey it's Jay Lo ;)

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"What the 'suits' need to know about IT (and Social Media) …the effects of ignorance on organizational performance." http://bit.ly/2Jgr9o

Feeling elite now. Microsoft's PDC2008 in L.A. also notes streaming live @ 8:30 PST (P"S"T). No, it's still PDT. ;) [www.microsoftpdc.com]

100-day plan for your new job. Not only, but especially for @steveheye http://bit.ly/3lc35I Enjoy!

"The tiny spontaneous, *human act* has enormous power." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [wishing for more of this esp. from "corporate types".]

Bloody Monday! 21 3Com phone systems jumped to CST; nice move except it's 1-week too early. Web services out on major POS across enterprise.

♺ @kosso: Australia to filter Internet. epic FAIL! http://bit.ly/2icdWj Petition here: http://urlb.at/5s7

100% wind-generated electricity. Just switched. It's the right thing to do. Go green. 1 step at a time, in the right direction. Feels good!

♺ @jeffpulver - Act NOW for better (USA) internet Access! [www.freetheairwaves.com] http://bit.ly/2hH8PD

♺ @loudmouthman, "You should fire your Web agency when..." http://bit.ly/3xlnyS

Nice, slow 2.5mi walk, on a mild Autumn 80F/26C day. Smell of freshly-cut Bayous; the usual Autumn cuttings. Really. Just. Relaxing.

"Cell phones to connect to the internet...sounds strange." 12-Aug-1999 only 9 years ago! http://ping.fm/CGQ7F

Migrating from closing host (over 8 years!) to new host.Some mobile apps circa 2000, when WAP was an infant, still work w/only minor tweaks!

Have a collegial, supportive…zany, laughter-filled environment...where politics is as absent as it can be in a human (imperfect) enterprise.

The rabbit: a Flemish Giant Rabbit. That's 1 stone, 3 for my UK friends. 1 stone 3! A rabbit?

Annual fundraising kickoff! Star of the event: 17pound (7.7 kilo!) rabbit, compliments of the Houston Zoo - a partner. http://bit.ly/1TPcy3

Raise hell, constantly question 'the way things R done around here,'and never,ever rest on R laurels.Today's laurels are tomorrow's compost.

"They say improve & maintain. I say destroy and Re-imagine." Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [Well he would say that, and mostly I agree.]

"defrothifies" - http://ping.fm/vz9Oi newest buzzword? ;) Wie sagt mann auf Deutsch?

The reports of ping.fm's death are greatly exaggerated. Hear ye! Hear ye! (or see @ping.fm )

6mi/10k jog today. Finally. Temp has cooled down to 79F/26C. First time in a l-o-n-g time. Felt great. Now knackered. Prolly see Palin @SNL.

RT @steveheye - USA Presidential candidates & phones: http://ping.fm/mHAnz

"Avoid moderation in all things." Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [man I just love the wackiness; think/do Xtreme everything!]

Credit to Tom Peters, Re-imagine! on that previous post. I hope he does a 2009 daily desk calendar!

"I want clients who make me dig deep, who push/drag/shove me out of my box (we all have one) and force me to use every ounce of my talents."

CNN - Whistleblower: Oil watchdog agency 'cult of corruption' - http://bit.ly/3vhlqK "illegal drug use and inappropriate sexual relations"

Relaxing to Robin Trower "Day of the Eagle" http://ping.fm/k5cB5 - seriously, you gotta catch the whole thing to understand.

WTH? Corporate "Websense" (a Google company) rules just auto-updated & now block/limit sites like Twitter to 60min./day.Changing rules now:)

"Are you still holding true to the DREAM?" -Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [have to admit, at times I seem to lose grasp to the existential yo-yo.]

Santa? Please? - 'Teradata releases 50 petabyte data warehousing appliance.' Drobo that!

Social Media w/ Prime Minister Gordon Brown @ Reuters! http://ping.fm/YEZTq , http://ping.fm/1x8ch , and politics.phreadz.com

Sunday night...FOOTBALL! (OK, American Football). New England Patriots vs. San Diego Chargers. Go San Diego! (lived there for SuperBowl!)

Ike Stats by Centerpoint Energy

According to a full page ad in 12-Oct-2008 Sunday Chronicle

• 6,400 poles
• 332,045 ft. (62.9 miles) and 828,106 lbs wire & cable
• 4,463 transformers
• 1.4 million gallons of fuel for 7,000 vehicles
• 2.1 million lbs of ice
• 859,543 meals
• 94,155 nights in hotel rooms
• 11,000+ mutual assistance crews from 35 states and Canada

[metric equivalents]

• 6.400 poles
• 101.207 meters (101km) and 375.623 kilos wire & cable
• 4.463 transformers
• 5,3 million liters of fuel for 7.000 vehicles
• 952.500 kilos of ice
• 859.543 meals
• 94.155 nights in hotel rooms
• 11.000+ mutual assistance crews from 35 states and Canada

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#Ike: 895,543 meals; 94,155 nights in hotel rooms; 11,000 mutual assistance crews from 35 states & Canada. Largest power outage in Texas.

Tell a friend: For a higher cause... 4tzqow is growing: http://ping.fm/hMheW

"Market Power = Story Power = Dream Power." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [best $14 ever spent on this 2008 daily desk calendar - inspiration!]

♥"I am on a…mission. A mission to Drive Dilbertian Cynicism and Cubicle Slavery and Terminal Insipidity out of the Workplace."-Tom Peters.

Zimbabwe inflation hits 231,000,000% (two hundred thirty-one MILLION(!) percent)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/6048440.html

"The Future of Beer" http://bit.ly/1arNWT What? You talk about a depression... ;)

"Sustained success" is silly. Make today matter. - Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [hard to argue with the latter -- make. today. matter.]

"Getting Things Done" - ultimately is not about 'power' or 'rank'. It's about PASSION and IMAGINATION and PERSISTENCE.-Tom Peters, [♥ it!]

12seconds.tv - Shrinking Columbian Coffee, 270cups down to 240cups, same price(!) http://ping.fm/xXxmW

Exploring the new "SocialText.com" offering (3.0 v). Potential. Still some rough edges / inconsistencies. Will plow forward anyway.

"Leadership is...the Ultimate Responsibility! It's an assumption of accountability."-Tom Peters, Re-imagine![Gee, someone tell Wall Street.]

32C/90F on 2-Oct-2008? Gizza break. And this is Autumn? Anything in the 20C/70F range would be a welcome relief. 29.970404,-95.420627

Dishman#2, brasileiro com paixão. (passion) Also learned of HUGE brazilian sections in Boston! Hello, Boston! May never leave if I ever go.

typo: "...well-aligned..." - kick the "h" out of it. ;)

"Find Heroes. Do Demos. Tell Stories." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [Wow, so well-alighned with social media.]

#ike - Day #20

>People
Still "missing".

>Power
OK, it's actually .204% (2 tenths of 1%). Day #20, finally.

Massive cleanup (trees, debris) continues in the 5,000 square mile region.

	# of Customers		2-Oct
CenterPoint	2,258,000	0%	4,606
Entergy Texas	392,600	0%	-
Sam Houston	115,000	0%	-
TNMP	66,000	0%	-
Total			4,606

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Dishman Day #2. Day#1. Satellite dish on roof. (where else?) 3-Floor Home. Dishman, no ladder. FAIL. Promised to return,didn't. FAIL#2.

Cometh the "dish" man. Post-Ike re-pointing satellite dish from Hubble to TV satellite. I'll miss these http://bit.ly/29INQo ;)

43,000 customers still without power, post-Ike, Day#19

19 days later...

	# of Customers		1-Oct
CenterPoint	2,258,000	2%	42,902
Entergy Texas	392,600	0%	-
Sam Houston	115,000	0%	-
TNMP	66,000	0%	-
Total			42,902

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