Can We Self-govern?

I’m obsessed with the power of mass collaboration and it’s impact on our society and government. Us Now is a film project that addresses how the power of the Internet, along with people’s willingness to collaborate on a massive scale, can lead to huge shifts in the way we interact. The big question presented here [...]

Weekend at Lake Roosevelt

We spent this last weekend at Lake Roosevelt with my family. Here’s my son catching a fish. Give him a few years and he’ll be fishing tournaments on the pro circuit. That’s my dad helping him get the fish in the boat. I’ve got some fond memories of fishing with him as a [...]

Create Your Own URL Shortener

If you’re using a 3rd-party URL shortener, STOP! You’re losing valuable SEO benefits. In this post, I’ll share with you an easy, no-cost solution to create your own URL shortener.

Fish is Fish

My new saying is: “Fish is fish.” It comes from a great book I read to my son last night, called Fish Is Fish by Leo Lioni, in which a tadpole and a fish grew up together and were best friends. Then, the tadpole began to change into a frog. As he [...]

Jedi in Training

This is a picture of my son, Gavin, a Jedi in training. This was taken at the Starry Safari at the Phoenix Zoo tonight. What astounds me is that Star Wars has permeated our culture so much that Gavin, at 3 years old, recognized that this was a lightsaber, told me he wanted it, and [...]

Looking for Meaning in all Those Tweets

Robert Scoble had the right idea when he decided to start unfollowing people on Twitter: (read his article: You are SO unfollowed). His reflections on Twitter inspired my own contemplation on my use of Twitter. At that point, I was really starting to think it was just meaningless chatter. For some background, I had [...]

More Changes

Today I started my new position as link building coordinator at Vertical Measures, quality link building company in Phoenix Arizona.