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I’m going on staycation
Ever heard of the term? I just learned it this week.
A staycation is defined as a vacation but in or around your home. I’m so used to always having a planned vacation setup that I’m really excited about this week. I plan to just chill as much as possible, hang with my [...]
iPhone Software 2.0 Review
I couldn’t help myself.
I’m sure there are going to be another thousand reviews on the software but the beauty of the web is that people are also interested in my take. So I did three parts.
1) From a Apple fanboy perspective
2) From a financial services perspective
3) From a private ‘internal only’ to my guys at [...]
BarcampBankDallas (BCBD) 2008 - my perspective
As my two-year Kate would say after a meal, “All done.” The 1st BarCampBank in Dallas is officially done. Pictures here. Videos coming soon.
It seemed like a whirlwind weekend but I’m thinking that’s the status quo for these things. We ended up having 29 people show up to the event and the [...]
I’m gonna be a daddy - again!
We knew the news for a couple of weeks now but wanted to hold off until after our 1st doctors appointment which was day and everything looks good. So Jenny is 5.5 weeks pregnant and is due around early February ‘09. We are very excited about it and I coaxed Jenny into doing [...]
One of those (big) weeks…
As most of you know, our company has been putting alot of time and effort into a community that we’re building for the financial services industry.
After going through a semi-private beta and then the release of Banktastic on April 1st we’ve seen some great progress. We always wanted the product to [...]
Get out there, expose yourself!
I’d be curious to see how people would describe me. Would it be more extroverted or introverted? I know there are times when I fall into both categories but if I had to guess, I’d prefer to keep to myself and just observe others.
Over the last couple of years, I have been going [...]
Do you use your whitespace?
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few days now and wanted to talk about how people need to properly use their whitespace (time) each and everyday and how it needs to be cherished to do things like are most important to you. Would love to here your thoughts, comment below OR @bradgarland [...]
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