Reflections on Life, Family, and Fitness
When I was a boy, I remember my dad telling me about Roger Bannister. It was widely believed that no human could run a mile in under four minutes. Scientists, physicists, and all sorts of experts had explanations of why this was impossible. But then the morning of May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran a…
Every Friday I post one of my photographs to help you get a nice start to your weekend. The below photo was taken of a fishing boat on January of 2011 in Soufrière, Saint Lucia. This photo was taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20. All Photo Friday photographs are copyrighted to O’Brien Photography. Please contact me…
I was in someone’s office this week and they had the following quote displayed on a bookshelf: “That which is written without effort is, in general, read without pleasure.” Ben Johnson As a liberal arts type who appreciates good writing, I thought this quote was especially profound. I liken good writing to being a good…
Every Friday I post one of my photographs to help you get a nice start to your weekend. The below photo was taken in July of 2006 inside the dome of the German Reichstag (parlament building) taken with a Canon D20. Rebuilt after WWII, the Reichstag dome is a symbol of transparency in government. The dome…
While my blog’s primary focus is on issues like leadership, strategy, and technology, I am making an exception for this post. Fifteen years ago today, I married the love of my life. This is a little embarrassingly nerdy, but we met in our church choir. After two months of dating, I purchased an engagement ring but as…
Every Friday I post one of my photographs to help you get a nice start to your weekend. The below photo is of the SW corner of the Lincoln Memorial. This photo was taken with a Mamiya C330 medium-format camera using a 250mm lens (Ilford Delta 100 film). All Photo Friday photographs are copyrighted to O’Brien…
Every Friday I post one of my photographs to help you get a nice start to your weekend. The below photo was taken June, 2011 of the Chrysler Building in New York. This is one of my favorite buildings in the world. All Photo Friday photographs are copyrighted to O’Brien Photography. Please contact me if you…
PowerPoint has been responsible for millions of dreadful presentations. Everyone reading this post has probably suffered through dozens of awful PowerPoints (and some unwittingly have given some!). Fortunately, there is one thing you can do that will produce dramatic results. A presentation has three parts – Preparation, Design, and Delivery. Unfortunately, PowerPoint guides people to combine…
Here is a tip that should dramatically improve your on-line life. Managing passwords for dozens of sites can be a dreadful chore – so must of us just break down and use a common password. The problem with this, of course, is that once a site is hacked (such as LinkedIn in 2012), that username…
There are two kinds of IT people: people who like IT because they like technology, and people who see IT as a vehicle to transform organizations and change the world. I am the later. I am passionate about technology, business, strategy, leadership, and innovation. At each stage of my career, these themes have shaped me…