http://tangentry.com Business, technology, travel, wine, and whatever else seems comes to mind. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:40:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So this year's travel will be a little shorter than last year's. But it'll still be some pretty good stuff. It'll be my first around-the-world trip, and I'll see a pretty wide variety of cultures, climates, and activities. Throw in some friends and some friends-of-friends, some good physical adventure, and ... http://tangentry.com/2010/06/30/big-trip-10-all-the-way-around/ So I just recently graduated from the UW Executive MBA program. It was a challenging but rewarding couple of years, and I learned a ton. If there’s interest, at some point I’ll write about the curriculum itself, but today I’m going to talk about the actual school experience. When I first ... http://tangentry.com/2010/06/22/what-i-learned-about-business-school/ "Well, I don't want to leave money on the table." I've heard that a lot recently. And it's driving me insane. It's a perfectly good metaphor, but as a business concept, it has almost no relevance to industries or businesses that are in emerging or growth stages. In ... http://tangentry.com/2009/11/16/why-i-always-leave-money-on-the-table/ Note: I'm posting this on behalf of the lovely and talented Anna, who took it upon herself to write the wrapup when it became apparent, after only two months or so, that I wasn't going to. She originally wrote and posted this as a Facebook note, and I'm reposting ... http://tangentry.com/2009/11/16/big-trip-09-days-36-39-and-wrapup/ The world is a funny place.  Usually in a black comedy kind of way, but sometimes in a lighter hey-this-world-thing-is-ok-even-if-it-is-trippy sense.  Take day thirty-five, for instance.  Here are Anna and I, more than a month into a combination adventure/whirlwind trip, and we’re swimming in the Adriatic and chatting with ... http://tangentry.com/2009/08/26/big-trip-09-day-thirty-five-hvar-an-improbable-meeting/ We woke with a combination of relief and maybe a bit of disbelief that we were on our way to our next-to-last country, Croatia.  After Croatia, it’d just be London before we’d return home to our kitties, friends, and meals that don’t involve french fries or pita bread.  But ... http://tangentry.com/2009/08/25/big-trip-09-day-thirty-four-split-podstrana-strobrec-croatia/ When we’d originally planned the trip, Anna and I were faced with some challenges.  Because the tickets we chose to use were based on total mileage traveled, not number of flights or time, adding additional cities was essentially free, especially if they were along our planned route.  We could ... http://tangentry.com/2009/08/25/big-trip-09-day-thirty-three-dinner-in-budapest/ Day thirty-two’s entry (yes, this one) is going to be short, because it was a bit of a crappy day.   The day started well enough, with Anna and I planning to walk down to the ferries, to catch a ferry across to the Asia side of Istanbul, and to ... http://tangentry.com/2009/08/24/big-trip-09-day-thirty-two-walking-to-asia-a-very-brief-but-potent-sickness/ I have a confession to make.  I’ve fallen terribly behind in writing.  As I type this, I’m sitting in Split, Croatia, about to head off to Hvar.  But that’s another story, one that I’ll probably get around to writing in mid-October, at the rate I’m going.  Anyways, back to ... http://tangentry.com/2009/08/24/big-trip-09-day-thirty-one-ayasofia-blue-mosque-even-more-istanbul/ Having arrived after midnight, and not having procured a guidebook or map or anything in advance, Anna and I hadn’t really seen much of the city, and didn’t know much ll about its layout, where our hotel was, and all of that good stuff. Which is why, when I ... http://tangentry.com/2009/08/20/big-trip-09-day-thirty-istanbul/