Innovation in the Corner Office…

One of my favorite columns is Corner Office which appears on Sunday in The New York Times,  Adam Bryant interviewed Terry Tietzen, the CEO of Edatanetworks on March 25.  There are many good ponderables in Mr. Tietzen’s responses. On Innovation: Innovation doesn’tt just happen at your desk. It happens in… more »

NessNotes: Going your own way…

Hola, today I wanted to highlight not only an amazing human being but a very neat point about the journey. So I stumbled across this awesome pic on Pinterest, and it led me down a neat path. I don’t know about you, but many times in my life I have… more »


NessNotes: Flying like Hawk…

What can I say about Tony Hawk? Well he is like the “Godfather of Skateboarding.” Not only that, but this guy is still out there touring the world bringing skateboarding to the masses! He is rocking the socks off of people during tours doing off the wall tricks and changing… more »

NessNotes: Having too much fun? Blame Laird…

Greetings and beatings peeps! Here’s another tidbit for NessNotes…. Today’s topic is one of the FJTM interviewees, Laird Hamilton. While poking around on the Web, I came upon an awesome article on Laird, with great pics to boot! We all face a bit of adversity in life.  Many times we… more »


MoneyBall — More than a Baseball Story

When I read the Michael Lewis book, “MoneyBall,” my interest was the numbers-based approach to finding players being used by my local baseball team, the Oakland A’s. The reviews of the book (like this one) emphasized how author, Michael Lewis delivered “the most revealing, enlightening look ever written on how… more »