The Paste-eater

I have a 22 month old son. His name is Ty.  For some time I’ve been concerned that my son would turn out to be “that kid.”  The paste-eater.

After his bath I put baby lotion on him.  Every time he comes he rubs his stomach to get the lotion and immediately sticks both hands in his mouth [...]

The Code

A few thoughts on my personal code of ethics:
1) The customer comes first:
This may sound trite, but  I’ve grown up in the consulting world and when I listen to the customer’s needs I think about what my software can do for them as well as other options that make sense for them.  I refuse to fit a [...]

Clark the hockey goalie

About a year ago I was introduced to a new prospective customer who wanted to talk about social computing and what Lotus Connections might bring to the table.
As it was a fairly casual atmosphere, our conversation turned, naturally, to hockey. 
“Ya, I’m a goalie” says I.
“Clark the hockey goalie!!” says he. Let me send you a video [...]

Somebody needs to check out the hockey glossary of terms.

I made the resolution to be “more serious” in 2009.  Thankfully there are a few days left in 2008….And this takes a little more explanation than I can do justice to in 140 characters on Twitter.
My wife, Erin, played her first hockey game tonight since giving birth to our 2 month old son.  Having grown [...]

Cult of Personality

How we present ourselves to the online world has been very fascinating to me recently.  Personally, I’m a conflicted beast. I have “Business Dave” and “Private Dave” (kind of like Good Kirk/Bad Kirk or, more accurately,  Ren and Stimpy) that dichotomy endlessly to come to some kind of compromise with everything that I post.

Private Dave say: “oh man…that’s some funny/awesome/scary sh*t.  Gotta [...]