Over Christmas our furnace went out. In the middle of the night my wife woke me up complaining about the cold. This is nothing out of the ordinary, but once I actually woke up enough I realized even I was chilled – and if I’m cold you KNOW our eight month old daughter is going … Continue reading
Who’s voice do I represent?
Humans are often very self-conscious, poorly motivated, selfish individuals. Yes, this is an incredibly blatant over-generalization; but it is, I believe, an important one. When we find ourselves in situations of incredible pressure many of us crumble. We curl up on the couch with a tub of bon-bons (god, I love those), pic our favorite, sleaziest drama, and we hide … Continue reading
Time Escaping. Tick. Tick.
Now. Again. Every time. It mocks me. The deadline, always looming near. I find myself against the wall of time. Distractions aplenty to keep me from completing my end goal yet again. Why do I continue to fight, to be my own worst enemy, to drag myself to that place where I’m stuck. I like … Continue reading
PMP Study Aid – Project Quality Management:Perform Quality Assurance
This study aid was created as part of my training for the Project Management Professional certification. This guide focuses on the Perform Quality Assurance process as part of the PMBOK for PMP certification. Please note that slides 2 and 8 have animations that Slide Share does not handle. To work around this I have followed … Continue reading
Black-Eyed Pea Hummus
There are many traditions humans keep – one my wife introduced me to was that of eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day for luck and prosperity. As the food item is still new to my recipe book I find myself looking for new ways to prepare/cook it every year. This year Antares suggested hummus … Continue reading
What’s to come?
I’m not new to blogging, but it has been a long time. I have had the itch the past few months to blog – about trips, family, food, presentations I’m giving, the state of the “social business” industry – and the worst part is I didn’t write any of it down when I was thinking … Continue reading
Creamy Chicken Ragout over Spaghetti
I hate to post a recipe without a picture, but this was too good to pass up. This is a commitment meal; while cooking I dirtied a saute pan, a big past boiling pot, and my Le Creuset roaster over the period of about 4 hours. The result, before you add pasta, is a creamy … Continue reading
Leveraging SharePoint as a Social Platform
This presentation was part of a collaboration by co-worker and SharePoint smart-guy David Berry and myself for SharePoint Saturday in Richmond, Virginia – it was later repurposed for presentation in Santa Clara at the Enterprise 2.0 conference. For this presentation we tasked ourselves with defining “social computing”, identifying a means to use SharePoint as a … Continue reading
Short Ribs & Black Beans
Last night I made a hearty, tasty dinner. I took a half dozen shortribs, marinated them in lawrys salt marinade (omg delicious), and quickly seared them on a very hot cast iron pan. After I seared both sides I opened a can of black beans and dumped the entire contents of it on top, juices and all. Lastly, I added … Continue reading
Smoked Pulled Pork
This weekend we made smoked-pulled pork. OMG it’s so good. Preface: I’m sorry I didn’t take any pictures … so very sorry. This was soooo good it should have been immortalized. THE HEAT – I don’t have a smoker. I have a 26″ round off-brand kettle grill (think: webber, but big). We wanted to slow … Continue reading