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Book Review: Rework

by Jonathan April 8, 2010

I have been keeping a eye on the team over at 37Signals for a long time. I have read their Signal vs. Noise blog for quite some time. I also use their products Basecamp and Highrise to manage projects and contacts. The founders, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, recently released the book Rework. I [...]

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The Truth About Printers

by Jonathan January 13, 2010

I was processing through my RSS feed this morning and ran across this image on the lifehacker.com site. It was very funny and so painfully true I had to share it. The Original picture is from The Oatmeal and can be foun here

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P90X Lifestyle Transformation

by Jonathan December 23, 2009

I am a Technology Consultant and sit in a cubicle all day. While I was happy with my life I missed the competition of the field. About 6 months ago, with the blessing of my wife, I started playing rugby with the Houston Athletic Rugby Club (HARC). After working out with the team over the summer and practice in the fall I find my self very out of shape, hardly being able to finish one half of play. After 6 months I realized that while I have a better knowledge of how to exercice than most my body has changed from what I was taught and I realized I needed help. With some friends like Kim M… reporting amazing results from the P90X program I decided to give it a shot.

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Embracing and Enjoying the Freedom – Unplugging Part 2

by Jonathan October 13, 2009

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Preparing for a Vacation – Unplugging Part 1

by Jonathan September 8, 2009

Recently my wife and I took a much needed respite from our jobs for a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  As we were packing for our trip I looked at all of the things I was taking.  One of the main things I was not planning on taking was my laptop.  I was going [...]

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Blog Elevator Pitch

by Jonathan April 7, 2009

As part of the ProBlogger.com 31 Days to Build Better Blog series the first task was to develop an elevator pitch for this blog.  When I started this blog it was just going to be a personal blog for me to expand my writing but the topics have become more and more technical.  Some topics [...]

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