It’s been a while since I’ve updated this site; lots of reasons, ranging from a lack of time to ennui.  I’ll take another crack at this site again.

The 30 second summary:

• Left my employer, Ambient Corporation, after almost six years; it was a nice run – a personal record, in fact – but it was time for a change;
• Hooked up with some people to launch a smart grid startup focusing on substation automation, for which we have been pursuing venture capital funding;
• Continued to evaluate other employment opportunities;
• Had a lot of fun with my family; continued to be involved in Little League and other activities.

More to follow.

After an all-too-brief period of relaxing and catching my breath, it’s time to figure out what’s next.

Some postings didn’t survive the server changeover. More accurately, the server expired, but perhaps someday I’ll get around to pulling data from backups.

Not abandoned, just busy with life.

Random stuff on twitter – avoiding “I had chili for lunch” messages – but should dust this thing off..

Well, hadn’t planned on idle time, but it sort of worked out that way.

To be fair, the Cybex has dust on it as well.

Attended David Allen’s GTD | The RoadMap seminar this past Friday.

I’ve been intrigued by the GTD concept for quite a while, but hadn’t really launched the effort (it was on my list of things to do). I thought attending a seminar where the concepts are not only presented – after all, they’re in his book – but additionally examples are demonstrated and the appropriate context is explained would be helpful.

David Allen is an excellent presenter; amongst other things, his comment about the “charger drawer” hit home (“8.6V? Might need this someday.” Call it what it is – the “Junk” drawer). The seminar was extremely well-attended, with quite a few people I met were repeat attendees. David had an interesting comment – echoed by almost everyone I spoke to – that it takes several tries to “get it” regarding GTD.

Another memorable quote: “Crap self generates but it doesn’t self-destruct.”

I’d already taken a step in the right direction by managing to reach “Inbox Zero” on my office email. Not surprisingly, it feels like quite an accomplishment. Next up is the same for my home email.

I’ve also adopted OmniFocus to manage my deliverables, and am experimenting with Mind Mapping using Mindjet’s MindManager software for work on a new project.

The worth of all of this will be to see how successful I am in implementing them. The first steps certainly seem promising.

Been toying with this concept for a while, and figured now was a good as time as any.

After all, why not?

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