If you ask my friends and new colleagues, you will find I am known as the slightly addicted Internet guy. iPhone? Why, certainly. MySpace? Cancelled that one, haven’t you? Facebook? Got my wife hooked on it. LinkedIn? Pro. Twitter? Are you serious? @jbordeaux has had brief brushes with stars from Brea Grant to Danny DeVito. [...]
Category Archives: Personal
How a Memory Palace Fuels the Elevator Speech
My apologies for the mixed metaphor in the title, but I’m pressed for time these days. I certainly need to improve my blogging frequency, monthly just does not cut it with me.
We recently began to settle on a strategy story line at our little shop, to capture our approach to improving life options for children [...]
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COBRA – Do Better, Jack!
We interrupt this blog for a cautionary and personal tale regarding health care insurance in the U.S. – specifically the predatory practices by at least one player deep within the system. This will be a long tale, and I apologize in advance for the length. The summary: If you lost your job and are using [...]
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Virgin America: Humans at the Center
While she is not nearly this old, the Bride learned to drive on a Model A pickup truck. The experience was centered around the magic of personal locomotion – the human was a bit of an afterthought as the engineering of these first mass-produced automobiles focused instead on harnessing the challenging technology of the day. [...]
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For Sale: One Frequent Flier
I read the other day about how airlines are having trouble capturing and keeping business travelers. Airline travel represents even more of a buyer’s market than in previous years, according to media reports. Being a Premier Executive flyer on United (a lofty title until you consider the titles “above” me, and I’m still not permitted [...]
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Papa’s Got a Brand New Gig
After 27 years in the national security business, more or less, I have accepted a position to work something far more tractable: the U.S. education system. My new business card says I am the Director for Knowledge and Innovation at the Stupski Foundation: a private, operating foundation in San Francisco whose mission is to improve [...]
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Dear Senator Feinstein
Thank you for the opportunity to tell my brief story about the events of 20 January, 2009. With my Purple Ticket to the North Standing Area in hand, I arrived at the intersection of 1st and Louisiana at 0800 to find a line along the fence and up 1st street. This line appeared relatively orderly [...]
Wang Xin, Chinese Girl
Listening carefully to the commentary about a certain young platform diver representing China, I pick up some language odd to my Western ear. Pausing the DVR, I ask my bride if she heard. I rewind, and listen again.
“initially, she was selected for gymnastics progam. Then, a few years later, she was switched to diving.”
It [...]
Helplessly Hoping
So the Crosby Stills & Nash tour rolled into Wolf Trap last night. Perfect weather, white wine kiosks, seats under the canopy – a perfect night. Gentle times, listening to legends (this is their 40th year playing together) and grooving to nostalgia.
Until Graham Nash decided to play Joel Rafael’s “This is My Country.” Seems talk [...]
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