We took piles of pictures again this year. We have narrowed it down to these two. We will be sending them out in cards in the next few days. Honest.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Family Christmas Pictures
We took piles of pictures again this year. We have narrowed it down to these two. We will be sending them out in cards in the next few days. Honest.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Manager Tools Podcast
As someone who likes to pretend he is still an amazing developer (even though most of my time is now spent doing "Architecture" and PowerPoint slides) it is with great trepidation that I look at things with the word "Manager" in them. Well, "Memory | Thread Manager" is okay. But everything else is right out.
So, here goes.
"Hi, My Name is Jeff and I listened to a podcast called 'Manager Tools' on purpose."
Whew - I feel better now.
This afternoon I stumbled across the Manager Tools Podcast as I was looking for something else on iTunes. I think the only reason I listened to it at all is that the diagram/logo looks hand drawn and very "un-management-like" so I was caught in their net of uncertainty. I wondered - was this a serious podcast or a tounge-in-cheek podcast - how were they using the word tools? Within 5 minutes of listening I was hooked. It is a serious podcast - one with real information presented in an interesting and useful way. At this point, I have listened to 4 of their podcasts and I feel smarter about career related things in general. I even went to their website and looked at the forums. Even more great stuff.
If you work at a job on this planet and you have to interact with anyone at all ever, this material is, IMHO, shockingly timely, interesting, copious and useful.
So, here goes.
"Hi, My Name is Jeff and I listened to a podcast called 'Manager Tools' on purpose."
Whew - I feel better now.
This afternoon I stumbled across the Manager Tools Podcast as I was looking for something else on iTunes. I think the only reason I listened to it at all is that the diagram/logo looks hand drawn and very "un-management-like" so I was caught in their net of uncertainty. I wondered - was this a serious podcast or a tounge-in-cheek podcast - how were they using the word tools? Within 5 minutes of listening I was hooked. It is a serious podcast - one with real information presented in an interesting and useful way. At this point, I have listened to 4 of their podcasts and I feel smarter about career related things in general. I even went to their website and looked at the forums. Even more great stuff.
If you work at a job on this planet and you have to interact with anyone at all ever, this material is, IMHO, shockingly timely, interesting, copious and useful.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Elders Quorum Party
We had an Elders Quorum Party this summer. Probably the best one I have even been to. Included below are pictures of the invitation so you can see what it was like:
Pictures from our EQ Party this summer. Pneumatic Cannons. Big Steaks. Can it get any better than this? For those that know these folks, you should be aware that during the talking of these photos, Matt and Mike are actually shooting at each other.
Pictures from our EQ Party this summer. Pneumatic Cannons. Big Steaks. Can it get any better than this? For those that know these folks, you should be aware that during the talking of these photos, Matt and Mike are actually shooting at each other.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Recommended Humor
"The Areas of My Expertise" by John Hodgman. The subtitle of this book is "WHICH INCLUDE: Matters Historical, Matters Literary, Matters Cryptozoological, Hobo Matters, Food, Drink & Cheese (a Kind of Food), Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels, Haircuts, Utopia, What Will Happen in the Future, and Most Other Subjects". Get it now while it is free on iTunes. I am listening to it now and am excited to get to the part on "Actuaries and their Tattoos". It is hilarious. And yes, this is the guy who is the PC on the Mac/PC commercials.
Ask a Ninja podcast episode 17 All of these are funny, but this is the Omnibus one where he answers as many questions as possible without killing the listener.
Ask a Ninja podcast episode 17 All of these are funny, but this is the Omnibus one where he answers as many questions as possible without killing the listener.
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