“I will have to send you the tracker.”
“We have developed a tool that helps us track things.”
“You have the wrong version of the tracker.  I am sending a new one out now.”
“Did you get the tracker I sent last night?“
Ugh. Head butt me with a barbed wire bust of myself. I really do have a [...]

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I suppose I should warn you that reading any further will immediately erase all doubts you may have as to whether I am a geek or not. That is, assuming there is anyone that had those doubts in the first place (Hi Mom…thanks for the Easter basket this year.)
So sports fans….tell me. Did you too [...]

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Jay and I had an interesting conversation with Peter Corbett from iStrategy Labs a few days ago. If you aren’t familiar with the firm, they are the brains behind the acclaimed data-off sponsored by the DC City Government – Apps for Democracy. The idea was frankly brilliant in both its elegance and execution. So much [...]

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The city isn’t really prepared for it when it comes. Drainage is a more a wish than a planning construct. Windows, roofs, and dusty umbrellas all seem surprised when asked to perform their intended roles, protesting through errant drops. Nonetheless, rain is so infrequent that complaints are muffled by the relief of water arriving in [...]

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“Do you know how to solve this problem?”
He asks me this as I blink into the unbelievably bright sunlight filtering through the eerily still, gauze-like drapery and curls of smoke rising slowly from his cigarette. During the time it has taken him to ask this question, I have been served what seems like my 12th [...]

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