For years as an IT diagnostician, my most sought-after skill was being able to know someone’s mind (and thus their technology needs) well enough to anticipate needs, or at the least being able to translate needs into something I can…
Leadership & Reputation Academy
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…
“Home…is where I want to be…”
One of my interests is architecture and urban design, so allow me to introduce you to two little books by Witold Rybczynski… Between Home: A Short History of an Idea and City Life, you can’t go wrong. If you’re like me…
Big Solar comes to Big Oil Country
This is very cool — my alma mater (and former employer) the University of Tulsa is installing an HUGE solar array on the roof of the Case Center in Tulsa. My Leadership Tulsa #49 colleague Jason Grunin tells me that…
The Kids Are Alright
From earlier: I joined TU in 1990 to run the campus computer labs. Since I was still young-looking, when Bob Chappelle hired me my first task was go undercover — bring a backpack and visit all the computer labs masquerading as…
The Internet comes to TU: A history
I started working in higher education IT in February of 1990, when the Internet was still the private playground of academia. Because of our computer science faculty requiring access to supercomputer sites for their research, the University of Tulsa was connected…
Ghosts of Victoria, and Vancouver
May 12, 2016: I’m in Vancouver, B.C. this week for the United Way Worldwide conference. It’s been GREAT being back in the Pacific Northwest — for all too short a stay. I haven’t been here since 1997 and it reminds…
Welcome to Marysville!
I love my neighborhood. It’s official name in Bryn Mawr, which means “high hill” in Welsh. We are almost the tallest point on Lewis Avenue; up the hill from Monte Cassino. But I always think of Bryn Mawr as really…
“We have a cash flow problem”
That title is a tidbit and snippet of family lore from my Father in Law, Kenneth Gibson. He was a commercial realtor for Grover Bauer in Tulsa in the 1970s-80s, and he told me a story once about selling a commercial…
Happy Year of the Monkey!
So we’ve already covered that I’m a pack-rat where data is concerned. It’s easier to keep track of than boxes of paper, and backup tapes and the equipment to read them can fit in one box… Yesterday I exchanged Lunar…