Michael Doornbos

Archive for May, 2008

27 May, 2008

Are you a fisherman or not?

Posted by: mike In: Random| Think

Do you fish or do you go to the store and buy fishing stuff?
Are you doing something to help the needy or are you watching Extreme Makeover Home edition?
Are you sharing your life and dreams with good friends or are you watching a TV show about some people who do?
Are you writing that novel or [...]

22 May, 2008

Linus on the origin of Linux

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Linux| video

19 May, 2008

Driving to the office every day?

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Think

This post by Seth Godin is worth 30 seconds of your time, and 30 seconds of your bosses time today.

07 May, 2008

NASCAR vs the Space Program

Posted by: mike In: space

I went to my first NASCAR race last weekend. It was cool, but I’m not sure I liked it enough to be an avid fan. It seems like a whole lot of time, money, risk and energy to end up where you started.

I was struck by something while I was there. What [...]

06 May, 2008

Quote of the day

Posted by: mike In: Quotes

The lovely @pamslim who does Escape from Cubicle Nation had Gary Schoeniger on the podcast today.
Here’s a real gem from him that stuck with me all day:
“Entrepreneurs look for problems, the don’t run from them”