September 5, 2018 The quote above, sans “Campaign,” is from F. Scott Fitzgerald. It always excites me when things get going again in late August. While the weather in Oklahoma is nowhere near crisp, you can begin to detect the days changing, as the northern earth starts its’ drunken swing away from the Sun. Those…
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Welcome back…to Me! Wow…who knew that it’d been three months? Three months of Me not subjecting you to my thoughts. (You’re welcome) I’ve been busy at work (more on that in a later post) and doing a lot of pleasure reading. It’s something that I’ve written about before — my rebirth towards TAKING TIME to…
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To: AT&T, Uverse Division Fr: Gary Szabo, a loyal but disgruntled customer Dear AT&T: I’m writing to recommend some changes to your next version of the Pace 5031NV DSL modem, aka “the 2WIRE Uverse modem.” I UNDERSTAND the importance of making a trouble-free device; one that’s so bulletproof and simple in its’…
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Dear Teachers, Friends of Teachers, and Champions of Education: I don’t have to tell you that the road to getting the State of Oklahoma to single out your issue for funding is going to be hard. But I almost pity the poor legislators, who drive low-mileage, late-model cars, who think they’ll be able to make…
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April 4, 2018 Today Karen, Miss P and I drove down to Oklahoma City, adding our voice to the thousands of educators who, for almost all of my daughter’s life, have that their salary buying power reduced by over 10%, and per-pupil funding reduced by near 20%. Putting Oklahoma last in overall education funding. I’m…
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Awhile back, I changed the blog header up top to “Leadership, Technology, Design.” I feel that’s a better teaser for what you’ll find when you visit… Looking back, even my tech-related musings have been more about technology leadership than pure tech — the human decisions that advance the mission of the university, college, HMO, or…
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“Man, the world ain’t supposed to work like this. I mean, maybe you don’t know that yet. I’m supposed to be able to do my job without having to ask you if I can. That dude is supposed to be able to wait with his car without you ripping him off. Everything is supposed to…
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Friday our Jenks girls will complete at the Nadia Invitational in OKC. Go Jenks!
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December 29, 2017 Gather round, kiddies — we’re going to talk about business ethics. Wait! Don’t run away! When my wife worked at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, one of her coworkers used to ask interesting interview questions to get at the heart of the ethical dilemmas inherent in modern work. For example: “Would you…
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Every now and again, I have a technology-themed “Marcel Proust Moment”… In the first volume of Marcel Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Things Past,’ he dunks a cookie into his tea and immediately he’s transported back, into a reverie and remembrance of his life years before. That’s how I feel when I hear the latest news about Pine,…