My name is Jim Love.
I've been in IT and business for over 30 years. I worked my way up, literally from the mail room and I've done every job from mail clerk to CEO.
Today I'm a CIO and I sit on the boards of a couple of companies.
But this isn't about my work - this is my personal blog.
My personal twitter account describes me with a line from the Steve Miller song -- "I'm a picker, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover and I'm a sinner."
There are two more. I'm a writer and a dreamer.
So here I write. I muse about professional thoughts. I share intensely personal moments and insights. I live out loud.
I marvel a the extraordinary. Every accomplishment, every great thing we do in our lives starts with a dream. The difference is that some people are content to dream them. Some have to live them. Some are driven to pursue the extraordinary. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you change the game.
Digital Deniers
Do it if you want to — just don’t be proud of it.
I phoned my cousin Mike yesterday to make arrangements for dinner. We were about to compare calendars and I was stalling while Outlook came up on my machine. Mike laughed. He was ready. All he needed was a date book and a pen. He laughed and said — “I’m 51 and I still use a date book.”
Of course, as always happens whenever there’s a challenge like this — Outlook took it’s sweet time loading. Actually, it hung for a minute, as if to prove the triumph of high over low tech. Mike took the moment to gloat. So he should. And it’s okay. In this circumstance, keeping track of a few social engagements — an electronic calendar is overkill.
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