Happy New Year, my friends. May 2008 bring you happiness, friendship, love, prosperity, and joy. May it finally bring all of us peace. 2008 will bring many, many changes – I promise you, no matter how prepared we think we are, we won’t be. It’s just the nature of change. If we were always prepared, it wouldn’t be any fun, would it? First change: Some major changes in this blog. Not in the content, obviously – but where it is, and what it is. I speak about branding all the time – I’m finally doing something about it – lest I become the fable of the shoemaker’s children. So stay tuned. Happy New Year, everyone. May 2008 bring you everything [...]

You know that I’m not a fan of the TSA.  The majority of things they do in no way, shape, or form, keep us safer in the slightest, and the fact that more planes haven’t crashed into more buildings is simply a question of timing, not of giving Grandma an anal-probe. But… I have to give credit where credit is due. Today, some 60-hours to Christmas, I walked into DIA to head home, the last flight of my last business trip of 2007.  (A little over 150,000 actual miles flown, by the way. Ugh. But I’m not alone…) Anyhow, I get to security, and there’s a line. Wow, is there a line. It then occurs to me how freaking STUPID [...]

Happy holidays, gang… Your faithful scribe is heading to a client holiday party, then flying home. I’m sure I’ll blog next week, but for now, I’m off. I’ll leave you with this, though: How to get some exercise at the airport. May all your Lords be a’leaping! -Peter

A spectacular time was had by all at the Gathering Of Useful Thinkers: San Francisco event, held last night at the Redwood Room in the Clift Hotel. By far, the most well-attended GOUT I’ve thrown to date. Photos can be found here. Want in on where and when the next one will be held? Let me know.

Blueprint Ventures did another great greeting this year, bringing back Gary Snoman. Thanks JF for the link. What I loved most: The Israel conversation, and the cow in Sanjay’s office. Ha! :)