Conan says good-bye but has some really great comments about how to turn a bad situation around.
Tim Woolery
This is a tumblelog, kinda like a blog but with short-form, mixed-media posts with stuff I like. Scroll down a bit to start reading, or a bit more to read more about me.
2 Weeks and 2 Clients
Just a brief message to say that TechExec360 is on its way - we landed our 2nd client today. I’m very happy and grateful for everyone who is and has lent support, mojo and kind words to me over the past 2 weeks.
Tags: TechExec360
Jay Leno would never do this to one of his cars …
"8 Things We Hate About the Web That Will Not Change"
Mysteriously absent: “Plonkers who talk about nothing on the Internet.”
Or have I said too much?
Good-bye Blog - Hello Tumblr
Paul Boutin sold me on Tumblr with a recent article for the NYT and I started my account today. Was never much of a Twitter fan but the advantages of Tumblr are undeniable.
I dunno if I’m going to import the rest of Timwoolery.net here or let it remain as an archive - I’m not keen on going through the headache of resolving a bunch of Wordpress issues and frankly, it’s getting to be a hassle keeping everything straight between Facebook, Wordpress and everywhere else.
Meanwhile - the great experiment that is TechExec360 is still unfolding - I have much to tell you but I can’t until the ink on the contract is dry. I’m very excited about how well things have turned out, am extremely grateful for the network of people that I have and how willing they were to help me out.
Next week will be our 10th anniversary and I reflect on the fact that, 3 weeks ago all I wanted to do was give my girl a nice party to say thank you for all that she’s done to make our family a success. Now, all I want to do is get a steady paycheck and avoid losing my home. Maybe not a rational response to my situation but ultimately, that’s what I want to have happen. It’s amazing how quickly your priorities can change.
Cheers.
Tags: Paul Boutin TimWoolery.Net
Stop complaining …
… about Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. What’s done is done and it isn’t going to change anything. Next time you think you have a good idea, do it yourself and stop trying out outsource it.
Markowitz on Markets
On Criticism
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
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About
About pages are frequently self-serving and reflect a version of you that you would like others to see. That being said – I am a human being with all the greatness and foibles that this implies. I work every day at a job I’m good at. I also scream at the cat. I own a house, am a husband and a father. I also frequently act irresponsibly and wish for a winning lottery ticket so that I could be out from under the stresses of daily life.
All that understood? Good. Now, what you should know is that this is a weird ride. I probably shouldn’t have survived some of the trouble I’ve been in, some of the bad things I’ve experienced, but I have. Now all I have to do is figure out how best to use the remaining time that I by all rights shouldn’t have in the first place – plus do all of that without being paralyzed by the terrible, wonderful fragility of life.
How to Use This Information
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This website is an experiment in openness …in public cogitation. I’m a thinking person and it’s been my experience that one of the best ways to determine whether or not your perspective makes sense is to subject it to public scrutiny. The topics of discussion range from: ‘dead serious’ to ‘downright silly’ and sometimes I’ll go from one to the other in the same sentence. I cover the full spectrum because that’s how broad my interests are. I trust that you (the reader) are big, ugly and tough enough to come along for the ride. Real life relies on conscious, purposeful, decisive action and you need a place to get your head together before you go and execute. All that being said: these are words, people, not evidence. If you have come here like a grand jury looking for things to use in an indictment of my character then you have missed the point of the exercise.
For those of you that do not enjoy the words, my only response is: please go find another blog to read then. I can promise that I don’t (and won’t) use this space to openly advocate violence, insurrection or the willful commission of public crimes. That’s the only punishment you can really inflict and it’s the only punishment I will suffer. Anything beyond that goes into: œInternet Tough Guy territory and I outgrew that nonsense years ago. This space on the Internet is for people who have done the same.
