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Drupal 8 Course

My Drupal 8 Beginner Tutorials course on YouTube just hit 3,000,000 views!  What a privilege to share Drupal with so many people!

DIY Workbench

This is in the "just for my sanity" department.  I've been getting into woodworking as a hobby and "fun" thing to do.

Leadership Luncheon - Dearborn County

I’m at the spring “Get Energized” event for the Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce (that’s Indiana... not Michigan).  It could be entitled “Lessons in Leadership”.

Podcasting

I was recently interviewed by Steve Burge over at OSTraining for their monthly podcast.

Be nice

Years ago I purchased a tiny book called "Swanson's Written Rules of Management".  I came across it this week while I was re-arranging some bookshelves.

Company Culture

When you read about new companies, especially in the startup space, one of the topics you’ll see over and over again is this idea of “culture”.

Clients are aliens

In my last corporate gig, I reported to the Vice President of Marketing.  One of my most important functions was to translate the "geek".  He wasn't a programmer, or a designer.

Wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown soldier

At the time of this writing, I've been an American citizen for just under two weeks.  Two days ago I flew to Washington DC to surprise a friend of mine, Bobby Litchge.

Honda Goldwing

I was reminded of an excerpt from Guy Kawasaki's book "Enchantment" this morning...

Morning
This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it, Or use it for good. What I do today is important, Because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
Serve

I had the privilege of delivering the morning keynote at JoomlaDay Chicago this past weekend. I presented the State of the Joomla! Union talk, similar to the one in Sydney last November.

Donations and Membership

I had a friend ask if I could create a donation/membership page for their non-profit using PayPal.  The site is built in Joomla!

2014 - State of the Joomla Union

I had the privilege of presenting the keynote at JoomlaDay Sydney 2014.

Revelation

These are the pdf's for the presentation on the book of Revelation - presented at 1st Baptist Church, Aurora IN on 2/23/14.

Leadership 10 lessons

I presented the Friday afternoon keynote address at the 2013 Joomla World Conference this week (http://conference.joomla.org).

200

It's been 200 days since I saw my 19,000th day. That's: 200 days 4,800 hours 288,000 minutes

It's been 200 days since I saw my 19,000th day.

keynote 2013

I had the privilege of delivering the Saturday night keynote at the JandBeyond 2013 Conference in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands (#jab13) on June 1st.

Traveling

Its been a fun year from the travel perspective… In the past 12 months, I’ve been in: