Answering the call… of nature

After my second cup of machine-generated coffee, I felt an urgent need to visit the smallest room in the office. Actually, it’s not in the office per se, but rather in a hallway outside the office, accessible to denizens of other offices. In fact, it might not...

Innovate or get off the pot

Maybe it’s self-indulgent or just plain meta, but I must post about my own post on another blog. On this Ipswitch Blog this morning, I wrote about the proposed merger of XM and Sirius, two underperforming satellite radio companies. Skipping the rhetorical...

Drive Time

I’ve just returned from two weeks on vacation during which I traveled thousands of miles but didn’t personally drive a single one. In New York City and in cities in Europe and Africa, I returned to car-free living, which always makes me think about my...

In the Queue

In Book Club: The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel Looks good on my desk at work: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charam Found on the remainder pile: This Shape We’re In by Jonathan Lethem Via Presentation Zen: The Laws...