Self Insight

Growing older doesn’t always guarantee you’ll grow wiser, but experience does offer its unique benefits.  I found that around the time I turned forty, I realized several key things: 1. I was my own harshest critic, and if I was waiting around looking for...

The Demise of Google Glass

I was invited to be a Google Glass explorer a year ago December.  Despite the mafia-like invitation (you have seven days in which to accept this or tell us why you won’t), I decided to give them a try, thinking it would be an adventure if nothing else. Recently,...

Criticism

It is so easy to criticize and vent these days.  Snark has developed into its own art form.  You probably are inundated with it in your daily Facebook and Twitter feeds.  It is always tempting to join in, and complain or take cheap shots at others.  For example, a GOP...

Distrust in the System

A friend of mine from St Louis wrote a post about the recent issues in Ferguson, and eloquently deconstructed them as coming from an underlying distrust in government and systems.  Having just run for public office, I have a deeper understanding of this than ever...