Blog salad
Most of my blog posts are a main course dish with one primary taste. This one is more of a salad with a bunch of different tastes thrown together. I did eat a salad for lunch today (nice transition) -…
Category personal
My political aspirations
Update March 2011: I'm currently a candidate for election to Richmond's City Council. At a local business networking event tonight, someone noted that they'd heard a rumor I might be getting involved in politics locally. We had a good conversation…
10 things about my approach to business management
We try to keep Summersault LLC as "flat" as possible, with minimal hierarchy and focus on authority relationships, opting instead for collaborative roles and even aspirations of a tribal staffing model. But in my role as "Principal," I still end…
Charitable giving with Twitter antics
I tried a little experiment with Twitter last week. I see lots of folks talking about how to make money with social media exposure like Twittering, but hadn't yet seen anyone talking about how to give away money via the…
All bloggers do it once in a while
All bloggers do it at least once in their blogging career. It's remains pretty faux pas in my opinion, but here I am anyway. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? It's the blog post that only exists to…
5 Business Values I Learned Via Earlham College
Today I'm sitting on a panel at Earlham College where we'll talk some about the world of business and money-making in the context of an Earlham education. As a part of preparing for it, I was thinking about how my…
Brainstorming Richmond community improvement ideas
Every time I go on vacation or get a little bit of time to step back and think, I end up making long "to do" lists for myself. The lists are about projects I want to start, books to read,…
Local food issues panel today
Later today I'll be sitting on a panel put together by the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce, and we'll be talking about issues related to local food. Beyond some home gardening I'm not a food producer or any sort…
My someecards cards
I think I've raved here some before about the someecards website and how lovely I think it is. I have to stay away from drinking liquids when reading it lest I spray said liquid all over the screen in choking…
The Contractor Experience
(Some of my blog posts are constructive, this one is pure rant.) There's a new amusement park ride opening up in town! It'll take you on a thrilling journey through ups and downs of successful projects, communication failures, happy long-term…