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DShen's Musings

Occasional brain leakage posted for your perusal... - RSS

Christmas Gift Tips
As we approach Christmas, I reflect on the gift giving process. While I think gift giving is nice, I think it also has some really bad parts too. Like when I get a gift I don't like, and need to...

Training Training Training

Triathlons, Swimming, Biking, Running...the path to Ironman! - RSS

IM FL 2008: The Build to Peak
Here I sit, thinking about my buddies going to the Ironman Championships this coming weekend in Kona. As I think of them and their upcoming race, I reflect back on my peak for Ironman Florida. It's been a long training...

The Web and the World of Business

Observations on doing business in the world of Web 2.0... - RSS

Maybe You Should Vote
Yes the country is fucked up. Go register to vote. Thanks for listening. And oh by the way: ...some women love men who vote. Brought to you by our friends from Someecards and by betaworks....

What I'm Reading

Favorite books I'm reading now... - RSS

The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
A few years ago, an article appeared in Wired magazine about the long tail and how it was manifesting itself on the Internet and how it was affecting the economy in a very broad and global way. I thought...

Favorite Music

Current albums on my playlist... - RSS

Back Room Vol. 1 and Back Room Vol. 2
This was a surprise find. The amazing amazon.com recommender found it for me and I was totally impressed. A little bit faster tempo than true laid back music, but not fast enough to get your heart rate too high...

My Gear

What I'm schlepping around with me every freakin' day... - RSS

Garmin Streetpilot C550
I previously owned a Garmin Streetpilot C330. It served me well for over a year getting me to wherever I needed to go. But now out comes the Garmin Streetpilot C550. This one is much better! Not only does...

About Career/Life/Executive Coaching

Thoughts about building my new life plan... - RSS

Focus and Lists
The last time my coach and I met, we talked about coping strategies for being effective, when facing an information overload world. I thought about it a moment, and thought I had two really good ways of dealing with it....