March 2009
1 post
Quote for the week
Reject apathy…….Do Something… even if it’s wrong.
February 2009
2 posts
January 2009
5 posts
Are You In? →
Top Ten All Time Super Bowl Commercials →
living in Florida
humidity, giant mosquitoes, pine tree pollen, love bugs, hurricanes, heat, snow birds,…but, no single digits, no snow plows, no black ice, no snow days, no frozen pipes, no coats for most of the winter because its usually 62 degrees
December 2008
6 posts
“A geek is someone who has knowledge of the geeky-type stuff and has social...”
– Matt Blum, software engineer
coffee, Christmas, family
“If you hear my idea but don’t believe it, that’s not your fault;...”
– Seth Godin
“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I...”
– President George W. Bush
“There is no in-between - you’re either good or bad. Today we were...”
– Gary Lineker, soccer player
“Great leaders don’t try to please everyone. Great leaders don’t water down their...”
– Seth Godin in Tribes
October 2008
6 posts
“Youth knows no age.”
– Life is Good, t-shirt
September 2008
9 posts
“If you’re going to be a hero, you have to learn how to drive a...”
– Sarah Connor
“Everyone thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn’t,...”
– Anne Lamott
Back to basics
21% of Jacksonville adults who function at the lowest literacy level
20% of adults cannot read the words “CAUTION” or “HAZARD”
70% of prison inmates who are functionally illiterate
34% of all job applicants lack the basic literacy skills needed to et the job they are applying for
1000 - 1500 - average number of words a child from a middle-class home with educated...
“When everything gets answered, it’s fake. The mystery is the trurth.”
– Sean Penn, Entertainment Weekly, February 6, 2004
August 2008
4 posts
“The character of a third place is determined most of all by its regular...”
– Ray Oldenburg
July 2008
5 posts
June 2008
2 posts
May 2008
12 posts
“There’s always a better way of doing things, and either you or your competitor...”
– Brad Anderson, CEO, SolArc, Inc.
“Life conspires to beat the rebel out of you.”
– Alex Bogusky
Factoid
United States has 9 cities with populations of 1 million +
Europe has 36 cities of 1 million +
China has 120 - 150 cities of 1 million +
“Fire yourself. Know when to let go and empower other people to do their jobs.”
– Lonnie Lehrer, President of Leros Point to Point
“We overestimate what we can do in one year and underestimate what we can do in...”
– Peter Drucker
