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Yao Has a Movie?


NBA center, Yao Ming, of the Houston Rockets has a documentary about his rookie season playing in the League.
The Year of the YaoRated PG for crude language. Chee sing!
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HPO in HBR


The July/August 2005 issue of the Harvard Business Review is dedicated to the High-Performance Organization. Some pretty good (and relevant) articles all relating to management, leadership, and of course, high performing organizations.
So when does the annual Slam Kicks issue hit the newsstands? Discussions on who’s going to be on the cover is underway [...]

Managing for Creativity


Over many years, the leaders of SAS Institute have distilled a set of principles for getting peak performance from creative people. Among them: Value the work over the tools, reward excellence with challenges, and minimize hassles.
Read the entire (excellent) article in the Harvard Business Review.
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daddytypes.com


daddytypes.com, the weblog for new dads, is pretty cool. All kinds of topics for new fathers. I especially like the strollers category.
Here’s my contribution to daddytypes, a picture of Chris Martin (lead singer of Coldplay) taking daughter Apple for a stroll in a black Bugaboo Frog.
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Local Style Tunes


Picked up some new music this weekend.

Jasmine Trias self titled debut album
One Groove’s Make Your Move

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Over: Sushi Party


The Sushi Party went well last night. As usual too much food! The usual suspects were there:
Alli and Dane-save the date July 8, 2006John, Shari, and Lauren-check out the pictures to see how big Lauren’s gottenShannon-the 2005 Honolulu marathoner-to-beMichael and Michelle-is she asleep again?
Special Guests
Stewart-Club 939 cometh, tryouts next weekShaun-the newest partner of [...]

GTD


What’s with this Getting Things Done (GTD) craze? I’ve read about it here and there and found the site 43folders.com that is dedicated to GTD. Maybe I better get smart on GTD so that I can get things done!
Update: Wired.com has an article about GTD-GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age
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Sushi Party


We’re hosting a Make-Your-Own-Sushi party this coming weekend. Check out the details at Evite.
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Mr. Peterman was Robbed!


So I watched some episodes of Dancing with the Stars, and it was very entertaining. I thought Seinfeld’s Mr. Peterman, John O’Hurley, should have won instead of Kelly Monaco. Mr. Peterman got style and is a pretty funny dude. Bringing in Mr. Dirty Dancing himself, Patrick Swayze, for dancing tips was classic.
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My Little Rapper Girl


Merynn’s fussy and wailing away then she hears Tupac’s California Love playing from my iPod. She immediately stops crying to listen. Who knew my little girl likes Rap music?!
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