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What’s in my bag 2010

July 3, 2010

It’s been three years since I’ve written about What’s in my Bag, so it’s finally time to update this list of what I decide to tote around with me. The Bag Four years ago, I switched from my trusty Brenthaven bag of several years over to a Tumi Nylon Briefcase capable of holding my then-17″ [...]

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I will never be as rich as Bill Gates

June 22, 2010

But there will be a point in my life where I choose to walk away and give something back, much as Gates has done since leaving Microsoft: Indeed, Gates’ notion of an “active” retirement is far more ambitious than most people’s careers. After all, he’s only 54 years old, and he still has an enormous [...]

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After its end, Target proxy fight still puzzling

May 30, 2009

Joe Nocera writes at the New York Times about the Target / Pershing Square proxy contest that ended yesterday on Thursday: You can’t help but suspect that Mr. Ackman’s subsequent proxy fight, one of the most expensive ever mounted, was an act of pique. His dedicated Target fund had lost, according to numerous reports, some [...]

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The Notebooks

February 2, 2009

Over at Design Observer, Michael Bierut writes about his 85 notebooks that he’s used over the last 26 years: When I look at these notebooks, many of the references bring back memories, some decades old. But other times I frankly can’t remember why I was writing these things down. Did I ever call Dilland? Whatever [...]

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It was 15 years ago…

August 12, 2008

today that I first walked in the doors of a Target store as a team member – Assets Protection Specialist was the title – I was making $5.71/hr. Fifteen years later, six months, and moving through seven different roles — I’m still here as Manager, Assets Protection Innovation at HQ — the “dessert” party for [...]

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Scoble @ Target

May 7, 2005

Robert Scoble wrote about his meeting with Target earlier this month: Target report. Yesterday was an incredible day for me personally. There are so many fantastic people at Target I couldn’t name them all. Having dinner with Paul Singer last night, senior vice president and CIO, was one of the highlights of my life. He’s [...]

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The Perfect Start

April 29, 2005

An early rise. Breakfast with a mentee, doing that mentor thing. A large cuppa joe. Early AM work on the tablet PC. Sunny Skies. Ahhh, Fridays.

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Grinding the Last Week Out

March 21, 2005

Back on Northwest flying from Providence to Minneapolis. It’s my third such trip in the last five weeks – in fact, it was a month ago today that I flew up to Minneapolis for the start of this six week long period of commuting. Seems to be going well so far, the travel hasn’t grated [...]

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