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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Jaime Escalante Thank You For Believing In Kids The System Gave Up On
Jaime Escalante was an immigrant from Bolivia that would not accept that students in his classes at Garfield Highschool in Los Angeles, CA were not capable of passing an Advanced Placement Calculus test. He passed away yesterday, but it is [...]
Sunday Review: Built to Last by Jim Collins
I have decided to do a dead simple book review every Sunday. Some of this is to just share what I’m reading. Rather than go with some complex rating system a book will either be a thumbs up [...]
Sunday Review: Good To Great by Jim Collins
I have decided to do a dead simple book review every Sunday. Some of this is to just share what I’m reading. Rather than go with some complex rating system a book will either be a thumbs up [...]
Posted in Sunday Book Review
Tagged excellence, incentives, innovation, motivation, Productivity, theory
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Sunday Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: Corn. We consume a ton of it. Well written.
I love art. Hugh Macleod’s Wolf vs Sheep.
I don’t know shit about art. Really. I know what moves me though. I know what connects with me emotionally. I know what draws my attention. My good friend Francine Hardaway brought a Hugh Macleod print in. I went to [...]
Posted in Creativity, Gangplank, Personal
Tagged art, gapingvoid, hugh mcleod, inspiration, philosophy
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AZ Technology Council Forum
Some cool stuff AZ Tech Council is doing that came up at the AZ Tech Council forum.
CEO Network
Mentoring Program
Political Action Committee
520 Members and Growing
New law library
Member promotion services
Relaunching career center
Quarterly speakers (NASA, Google)
University Changes
Relocate major tech university (like MIT) <– [...]
Sunday Review: Tribes by Seth Godin
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: Solid book on building cult around your brand. Simple and quick read.
Chandler Ostrich Festival
The Parade Kicks off this weekend in Downtown! We are excited as this will be right outside of new Gangplank 3.0 building.
The Thorobred Chevrolet Ostrich Festival Parade will kick-off the Ostrich Festival on Saturday morning, March 6th, 2010 at 10:00 [...]
