Career & Business

Columbus trip: 4:30 AM flight, jet lag at midnight, interviews on zero sleep - the startup grind is real.

Y Combinator's 2008 Startup School at Stanford: founders networking matters more than hearing the speakers.

Read my follow-up article on Network World - link inside.

Self-hosting mail, web, and files beats outsourced convenience when you control the stack.

Photographers own their work by default. Code should too.

2008 brings Seam, Flex, and uncertainty. What tech excites you?

Three weeks in Columbus on the new job brings jet lag, lost sunglasses, and a desperate need for rest.

New job keeps me busy and traveling for three weeks straight; mornings at gym, free afternoons, no wife.

First day jitters despite eight years of ATG expertise - home office ready, gym session planned, nerves intact.

After four and a half years at Cingular, the final day arrives with mixed emotions - goodbye comfort and expertise, hello uncertainty and growth.

Balancing handoff meetings and motorcycle commutes while preparing for a major life transition proves daily challenges keep you sharp.

First retirement account opened as a contractor - building future security finally becomes unavoidable reality.

Leaving Cingular after four and a half years to contract remotely for Resource Interactive - freedom and focus replace juggling.