I started to write about a recent bad experience I had at one of my favorite restaurants, but after a couple of days of cooling off, I realized this was a good example of taking work too personally. It is a simple enough story of a restaurant manager with an attitude. My family went to the Fish Market located on the harbor of San Diego near Seaport Village. It has great views of the harbor when sitting on the patio or near…
Sometimes I just get it, and this is one of these times. All the pressures of life mount and mount with work, family, school, career, finance, etc.; it’s enough to sap the soul out of anyone. Then I am with the family in the kitchen with some teeny-bop princess playing in the background. The family members are happy singing along while stopping to chat and play from time to time. I sit at the kitchen island and watch them having fun while I type away finishing…
When does education stifle or retard technical and usage innovation? I am not sure, but it is something that I have been thinking more about over the past several months. The United States has been a hotbed of technical innovation, and many people I speak have a growing concern that we are losing our edge. Have we become over confident and lost the burning desire to innovate or does a generation simply need to absorb the changes and prime society for another creativity and innovation…
It is time for a quick break and the family and I are looking forward to a trip to New York! The kids are about to start a week long break so the timing could not be better. This is the first time the girls have been to the “big city” and they are looking forward to it. I must say that I can not wait to go as well as it has been a long, long, time since my…