Author Archives: awalden

The Social Email Ecosystem

Conversations are happening. About you, about me, about the text we got last night, and what our dad just said. In the social realm, not only content, but conversational content is king. It’s worth sharing and responding to. But how do you effectively…

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Book Review: Sh*t My Dad Says

I actually bought this book for my dad for Christmas. And Bridget had the same idea, but for me.  This was a quick read and had an interesting story. The author described life growing up with a man who couldn’t care less about…

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Five great things from 2010

Cheers to a memorable 2010. Here’s the highlights of the past 365 days. 1. The Middle East and New York Pyramids, religious shrines, roman ruins, Islamic temples, Greek columns, Arabic wonders, the Dead Sea – we saw so much within two weeks. And…

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Ho Ho Ho to the Bar

2010 Santa Crawl This year’s Santa Crawl had everything you could ask: Chicken Santa, Bars that support charitable giving in exchange for drinking patrons,  and cold, but nice weather. It was also the first appearance of Yukon Cornelius and his elfin wife. (I must…

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Book Review: Outliers

The Story of Success A lot of people recommended this book: Tam, Ron, Ralph and Signa, and even Rob listened to the audio version, so I picked up the book before I left on my travels. And so now I’m in the club……

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Fall Colors Half Marathon

I love fall. The changing of the leaves; the cooler, rainy weather; and the coming of the holidays. Even though I’m writing this a few months late, I still can’t wait until next fall. As I finished my last half, I received a…

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A few notes from traveling

Travel Tips There are some things that I’ve noticed on our trip and learned. Here are some traveling tips that have been useful. Always carry tip money. It will be worth the pictures if they ask. Pack throwaways like shirts, underwear, and socks.…

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Petra and the Dead Sea

We flew to Amman, Jordan and then rode a bus to our small hotel village outside Petra. While our guide in Egypt couldn’t take away from our experience, our new guide was definitely improved it. Despite being bordered by Isreal, Iraq, Syria, and…

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Cruising down the Nile

The next day our group planned to fly done to Luxor. The next few days were going to consist of visiting many different sites while cruising up through the Nile. But as we got to Cairo airport things got a bit interesting. First,…

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The Remaining Seventh Wonder

The Cairo sun Crept through our window which nudged me to wake up… Okay Bridget’s hurried push in the right direction may have been the real reason why I got on my feet to take a shower. Despite last night’s great idea to…

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