Hat in Hand

On Tuesday Stephen Fleming announced on twitter that the Director of ATDC job has been posted.  This led to a small twitter flurry from folks like Sam Bowen, Jeff Haynie, Michael Mealling, and a DM or two suggesting that I am a good candidate for the position.  While I appreciate the support from the entrepreneurial […]

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March 13, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Personal

What’s In My Bag

After reading Paul Stamatiou’s meme post I thought I would play along.  Like Paul I travel light, perhaps even lighter. The most important item in the bag is my trusty 12" PowerBook G4.  It goes everywhere and I prefer to use it to take notes.  For those moments when tapping keys is not appropriate I […]

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January 29, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Personal

Forty Seven

I am 47 today. Historically the birthdays ending in seven have been the toughest for me.  For some reason it is the year that mentally puts me in the next decade of my life.  I think that the sevens often cause me to be reflective and to take some measure of my life. For a […]

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December 17, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Personal

Best Seat in the House

A long, long time ago in a place not so far away, Catalyst Magazine used to have a series where they would interview a prominent Atlanta technology person.  One of the questions they routinely asked was “What’s the best seat in Atlanta?”  The most excellent answer ever award goes to Kathy Harris of Noro Moseley […]

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October 16, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Accelerators, atdc, Personal, Web/Tech

EarthLink Departed

The expected announcement of layoffs happened at EarthLink yesterday.  My estimate on the cuts turned out to be a little conservative.  I have relationships with the lots of folks over there and they constitute a good share of readers of FoG.  With that in mind, here are ten tips about life after EarthLink. 1.  There […]

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August 29, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Personal, Web/Tech

Happy Birthday Kate!

Katherine Claire Weatherby turns nine today.  She plans to wake up and have Mickey Mouse chocolate chip waffles and bacon for breakfast.  Most likely will read a little Harry Potter while listening to some tunes on the nano her grandmother give her for her birthday. The thought is to get to Zoo Atlanta relatively early, […]

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August 7, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Personal

Kelley is an SOB

As in Indiana University Kelley School of Business.  I went there for graduate school.  Graduated even.  Back then the Kelley guy had not ponied up to put his name on the school.  Right now they are looking for someone to put their name on the undergrad building.  I am pulling for Mark Cuban to do […]

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July 19, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Business, Personal

Making Coldfronts Sexy

When I was in college there was a fictional character on a soap named Lance Weatherby that I caught way too much grief about. That was a long time ago but there seems to be a small more recent trend of using Lance Weatherby as a fictional character name. There is the book Wildcat Strike: […]

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July 17, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Personal