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October 2009

Where is the Valley going? – Opening panel from @phxdw

October 30, 2009

Tweet Thanks again the the organizers of Phoenix Design Week for choosing my topic and much love to Luis Salazar, Carol Johnson, Bill Wyman and Peter Sciacca for appearing on the panel. Posted via email from Tyler says… If the video doesn’t work, you can download the 440mb file.

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Running in Vibrams

October 29, 2009

Tweet Running in Vibrams is freeing until you realize that you’re running BAREFOOT ON CONCRETE. Seriously, who invented these things? Why am I wearing them? They are the most comfortable shoes that cause me the most pain ever. But I can’t stop wearing them. Is this what heroin is like? Posted via email from Tyler says…

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PhxDW Recap

October 28, 2009

Tweet It all started with a letter. Phoenix Design Week, the largest independent design fair the Valley has ever seen, was conceived, planned and executed solely by the collaboration of a large group of volunteers. PhxDW was created to showcase what makes our home a player on design’s world stage. Spearheaded by the reclusive Mark [...]

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Confessional

October 28, 2009

Tweet To learn from your mistakes, you must first learn what your mistakes are. I once arranged for my friend at Abercombie & Fitch to let me buy one item of clothing and walk out with many bags as long as I split them with him, but I never lied to anyone. I’ve drank in [...]

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Shared Experiences versus Sharing Experiences

October 28, 2009

Tweet Great storytellers like have always been popular. Thinks Shakespeare. Cronkite. Hanks. As listeners, want to immerse themselves in their world and live through them. It requires trust, it requires imagination and it requires a suspension of disbelief. But it’s not real. There’s no interaction. We’re being talked at, not with. In the one to [...]

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My brother the hunter (w/ pics)

October 25, 2009

Tweet I’m two years older than my brother and almost three inches shorter. He bought his first car before I did, got married before I did and learned to be an adult waaaaay before I did (or will, I suppose). We share a love of playing wiffleball and catch, and the occasional video game, although [...]

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Fouling one off at #phxdw

October 24, 2009

Tweet Some think it’s the trying that’s important. Others believe that stepping up to the plate is a success in itself. Not me. It doesn’t count unless you get a hit. Unless you make an impression. Unless you inspire. Wanting wasn’t enough this morning. Questioning wasn’t enough this morning. Doing wasn’t enough this morning. My [...]

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Speech to BPW Phoenix

October 23, 2009

Tweet Know what you’re talking about. If nothing else, know what you’re talking about. Short of that, just do what I do here and talk nearly non-stop for an hour and a half. Also, put your name on your shirt. Here’s the full version. Highlights to come, if I find any.

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The gang beat down (how it started)

October 21, 2009

Tweet For those just jumping in, read part one first. Okay, I was drunk. Not falling over drunk, but I was having a good time. The party was two hours old, the fifth I had brought had been consumed and now I was staggering around on my hurt right leg, trying to find a good [...]

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What advice would YOU give to job searching Baby Boomers?

October 20, 2009

Tweet When I was downsized last December, I knew exactly where to look. I knew who to talk to, I knew who to solicit advice from and I knew what I wanted to do. And it still took two months and a lot of luck to find a gig. What if my job search was [...]

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