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June 2009

Smile

June 28, 2009
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My Father’s Day

June 21, 2009

I woke up early, which doesn’t always happen anymore.  I used to be up at 7 am no matter what.  Lately I’ve been staying awake much later than normal.  Call it part of my job.  But I love waking early.  My problem is that I also love staying awake until the wee hours of the [...]

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The Human Workspace

June 20, 2009

I work for a company built on people, even though the machines we employ outnumber us humans drastically.
We depend on a network, and so do all of our customers – so we employ multiple redundancies in that network.
But mostly, we are a people company.  That is why it didn’t surprise me a few weeks ago [...]

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Why I Love What I Do

June 16, 2009

First, it’s all about the people.  From the Rackspace Chairman (Graham Weston), who I met long before I started working here, to the Racker I met in a fast food joint at lunch – there is an immediate sense of “family”.  We are Rackers.  We speak the same language.  What specific JOB we do isn’t [...]

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The Youngest Chick Is Leaving The Nest

June 15, 2009

It’s been 8 years since I got custody of my kids – about.
Recently my daughter graduated, Summa Cum Laude, High School – from a Magnet School. Two years ago my son graduated from the same school. Amazing school: ISA.
I haven’t screwed them up!  Below is a picture of my beautiful daughter on this wonderful [...]

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