I’ve Never Been Richer. Yet I’ve Never Been More Worried.
By every objective measure that I can imagine, I am wealthy beyond my wildest dreams on my 46th birthday. Warmed by my fireplace and my Taxi Dog, I made a list: I have a wonderful, loving wife I have two beautiful, health, smart daughters I am strong, healthy, and happy with my self I work in […]
Read MoreAnd Back to Blogging I Go
Why I Started Blogging Way back in 1997, I started Belly Button Window to record my life. Not because I felt myself so special, but for the simple act of documenting this amazing journey so I can remember what happens. That means I write first and foremost for me. Then I write for my kids, […]
Read More3 Lessons Learned From My Philippine Failure
What happens when you bet your career on an illusion, and lose. In December 2016, my family and I packed away our Washington, DC lives, sold everything, said goodbye to everyone, and embarked on a grand adventure: moving to the Philippines for a dream ICT4D job. Less than 4 months later, we were back in the […]
Read MorePlanting a Future in Philippine ICT4Rice
I am honored and humbled to announce that in January 2017, I will start a new job as the ICT4D lead at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, pronounced “eerie”) in Los Baños, Philippines. This is an awesome opportunity for me to: Innovate with cutting-edge research that impacts more than 3 billion people worldwide who […]
Read MoreThe Frequent Flyer vs Quality of Life Tradeoff
This is the business travel frequent flyer lifecycle graphed, illistrating the tradeoff between miles flown versus your overall quality of life. You start off in your first business travel with the excitement of flying to a new country, but after yet another long flight followed by a long day of meetings in a confusing city, […]
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