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8 tips for starting to meditate, and books to explore

Posted in books, consciousness, meditation, mindfulness on 2008/03/22 | 4 Comments »

Several friends have asked me, do I have any tips for starting to meditate? Yes! First, it might be helpful to paint more of how I got into all this. In 2006, I’d witnessed my longtime friend Jeremy’s transition into a calmer, more self-confident, happier state of being, because of [...]

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BCC IT visionary panel

Posted in General IT, books, community college, corporate culture, education, energy efficiency, enterprise software, mobile music, social networks on 2008/01/30 | Leave a Comment »

today I was invited (thanks Patricia!) to sit on an IT panel discussing trends and implications for community colleges, with focus on Bellevue Community College and the Seattle / PacNorthwest. I was honored to share the discussion with WA Senator Maria Cantwell, and about twelve execs and CIOs from a number of institutions, [...]

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our mindless meat consumption is damaging the earth and ourselves

Posted in books, climate change, diet, fiction, food, vegetarian on 2008/01/30 | 2 Comments »

that’s my conclusion after reading this weekend’s NYT overview of the global meat market, American’s excessive meat consumption (110 grams daily, 75 being animal-derived, when approx 30g is recommended daily intake).  Perhaps obvious to some of you, though it’s news to me as I slowly carve more time daily to get smart on what’s happening [...]

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reviewing the books I read in 2007

Posted in books, updates on 2008/01/14 | Leave a Comment »

So again this blog needs resurrecting – this time for many reasons – got married and we took a month honeymoon (!!!!), a high-travel project and then a private equity due diligence, then left my job at McKinsey to join Google, then the winter holidays. Somehow always finding a reason to de-prioritize this blog [...]

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