Author Archives: awalden

Second Annual 29th… Here we come!

Bridget We celebrated Bridget’s birthday at the Skyline Café. Nothing wrong with some potato pizza on a Friday night. Plus we were able to get the band to play Bridget a little melody for her birthday. Nice! Andy For my birthday, Bridget gave…

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Book Review: Peak

This book had an interesting journey. It started off in the hands of David LaPLante, who then discussed the power behind the Maslow pyramid with the executives at One to One. Snippets of insight were passed along in our employee meetings, and the…

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A little Maslow

I had to recently do a bit of research on Maslow. So here’s the long winded version: Hierarchy of Needs In the mid twentieth century,  Abraham Maslow, developed a theory on what motivated people to do certain things. Instead of focusing on research…

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Keep Your Pets Safe with the ASPCA Mobile App

While enjoying yourself at a distant beach, your phone chirps for attention. Curious, you find a Pet Weather Warning on your phone: “Heavy Rains: Keep your pets inside today” Your neighborhood has been surprised by a fast-moving rainstorm. What to do? You’re hundreds…

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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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