EMails and hurt feelings
For the last two years I organized a monthly breakfast for the men who lead small groups in our fellowship. Back then there was not a lot of opportunity for the leaders to meet, have fellowship and talk about what is going on. Since then several other opportunities to meet have been created and the interest in the breakfasts was declining. It was increasingly difficult to find volunteers to host, lead any discussions or sometimes even find a suitable date.
Read more →Equifax the second
Last time I wrote about Equifax and the ownership of data. Since then the CEO of Equifax and two other executives left, but it already got quieter while the news moved on to Trump’s Twitter battle with the NFL. I’m not sure what is more sad. Anyways, the ideas about ownership of data and digital freedom come mostly from Doc Searls, who writes the EOF column at the Linux Journal.
Read more →Facebook ruined my day
Not really. It was more like me ruining my own day. About half an hour into driving our son back to Montreal for his final semester my wife suggested to use Facebook messenger for family chats instead of WhatsApp. She didn’t even finish her sentence and I blurted out “No way!” In a split second a friendly chat turned into a crucial conversation. One, I must say, I didn’t handle well.
Read more →Failure
I recently read the book “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth” from John C. Maxwell. It is a great book with many valuable thoughts about growth and personal development. Among other things, he writes that failure doesn’t define one, which made me think of how I respond when I do something wrong. In my previous job I tried to rewrite a product and the project failed (I have a draft article that I will also post some day).
Read more →A half-empty glass kind of guy
We had a very nice weekend and spent almost a full day on Saturday as a family together, which is not that common any more since our son left for college. We have somewhat of a tradition to either drive up or down between Portsmouth, NH to Cape Elizabeth, ME. Along the way we do some Antique shopping and have a lobster at Two Lights point on Cape Elizabeth. The week leading up to it and also on the way I made several jokes (at least I think they are funny) that point out or play on the negative in that moment.
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