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Image by Just_Tom via Flickr In The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley (one of IDEO ’s bigwigs) advocates that one of the way t...

You may be familiar with the legendary story of the Conquistador, Hernan Cortes who, upon landing in Mexico/Aztec territory , wanted to mo...

Image via Wikipedia I really enjoy listening to the HBR Ideacast podcast on my iPad (though, frankly, the Knowledge @ Wharton series...

While she’s clearly not a Jedi Master, if you still think this isn’t a big deal, think again. Here’s the video

Those of you who know my mom, know that she lives the mantra “ never stop marketing .” You can call her at midnight and she’s just warming u...

One of the more interesting nuances to being a parent, it seems is reminding yourself that each kid is not a clone of the other and will for...

Back in the days of the USFL, my dad took my brother and me to a Washington Federals game. (For those of you who know what the USFL is, yo...

Image via Wikipedia I suppose I am naive, but somehow, when it comes to most things medical, I tend to automatically defer to the jud...

No lights, no refrigerator, no Starbucks coffee…and more. What if you voluntarily chose to give all of that up for a year? Well, that’s w...

I had never heard of this guy before and quick look at his website shows him to be an atheist, anti-religion, comedian of sort. I’ll admit,...

Speaking of sports, one of the things I find most inspiring and analogous to life is the lessons in mental toughness that it teaches us. I...

A few weeks ago, Albert Pujols, one of the best baseball players in the world, hit 3 homeruns in one game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Pri...

Fight with satire. Few care to believe the facts of Iran’s nuclear ambition or the Gaza Flotilla. Why bother, when you already know the co...

I had heard about this, but hadn’t gotten around to installing it myself, but it dovetails nicely with my increased excitement for the poten...

This little poster which I saw on the wall of an artist studio at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA really summed it up well for me. ...

I probably shouldn’t have been surprised, but I did take notice of this sign commemorating the death of the “first martyr to the cause of So...

Love how the town councilman in Alexandria does his marketing. That is true NSM material.

There’s an outside chance that Nadia will be potty-trained by the time Tikkanen’s birthday rolls around in December. If that occurs, it wou...

As I mentioned yesterday, I was solo for 24 hours over Memorial Day weekend and had the freedom/flexibility to attend a friend’s housewarmin...

Over Memorial Day weekend, the NFO took a few well-deserved days for herself and go to a dance camp. She set us up for success by preparing ...