Collaborate Disseminate
My kids and I grew up in the same town, and we went to the same public school system. And yet our experiences couldn’t have been more different.
The Dedham of today is far more diverse than the town I experienced as a child, in every way imaginable, an… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Bully (Premium)
This past Sunday provided an interesting reminder of why we love Mexico City so much, thanks to a set of similar but different experiences, each emblematic of the magic of this place and its people.
That morning, my wife Stephanie and I got up, went fo… Continue reading Just Another Sunday (Premium)
After a 20-year break, my wife Stephanie and I visited Europe again in 2003, and we immediately fell in love. Again. But this time, we could do something about it, and so we booked a series of additional trips, always to Paris, with an eye on expanding… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Here and There (Premium)
Leo mentioned the term tribalism on a recent episode of Windows Weekly, and it’s perhaps the perfect term to describe our very human need to belong to something bigger than ourselves individually.
Now I can’t stop thinking about it. We all understand t… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Tribe (Premium)
I’ve been confronting the past and trying to reconcile it with the present, and all I can say for sure is that while everything changes, nothing really changes. It’s been a regular theme in recent months.
Last month, my wife and I found ourselves braci… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Everything Changes, Nothing Changes (Premium)
I owned personal computers—what we then called home computers—before I was even a teenager, and I was an early and regular consumer of technical books and magazines that covered this early passion. And I was convinced at that time that the authors of t… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Technology Has Never Failed Me (Premium)
With the holidays already upon us, a friend and “vecino” in our apartment in Mexico City asked us to contribute to a year-end tip that we collectively give to the gentlemen who provide 24/7 security to the building and its residents. This is still unfa… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Tip (Premium)
We visited with friends and family over the past weekend and my brother, who has moved even more than I have, asked me an interesting and unexpected question: Of all the places we’ve lived, which do miss or like the most?
He had a ready answer to this,… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: The Grass is Always Greener (Premium)
Five months ago, I resolved to take responsibility for my health and work with my doctor to lose weight and address some other related issues. It’s been a resounding success, frankly, and while my most recent check-in today did not include the glucose … Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Five Months In (Premium)
I went to the gym this morning for the first time in I don’t know how long: Between our trip to Mexico, our pre-moving, my Seattle trip for Microsoft Ignite, the actual move, and then the Thanksgiving long weekend, I’ve been off schedule. But like so m… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Autopilot (Premium)