It was a long time in Mandy and I’s marriage before we became consistent in having a date night together. I can remember times when it might be a couple months before we find time to just be 1-1, which with small kids running around the house is rare.

Now every wednesday we get a couple hours together. It usually at the same coffee shop near our church, we usually read, talk, dream, and write together. Some times we have that romantic “dreaming together” experience, some times we talk about calendars and agenda’s for the weekend, sometimes we say very little but are just near each other. But the time of just being together is so important for our relationship.

I don’t know what your date night schedule is, but get one. If it was obvious when you were “dating” that you needed time together it should be no less obvious now. It doesn’t need to be a paris romance every time, just time being each other together.

You can ask my friends that know my “technology switching tendencies.” Whether it is a new productivity system or site, or a new tablet, it’s been my interest in technology that’s turned it into a career strength. With that in mind I’ve had, and sold, two ipads before. I sold them for needs (family vacation) and interests that trumped the luxury (new bike). That is why it was weird in the past couple months as I found myself wanting one again. In part it was due to the bigger improvements that had been made in the iPad2 (funny to say with the recent announcements of the newest iPad). But it also had to do with the mobile working lifestyle I have now managing a few startups and local businesses. This is even more weird because when I chose a new computer I went with the my favorite of all time - the MacBook Air. I *still* love my MBA like crazy, but even with it’s speed firing it up or toting it around is a lot when you are trying to stay mobile. And a fast fire up time is still many seconds slower then the instant on of a mobile device like an iPhone or iPad. That said, I recently have gotten an iPad2. Combinging it with the apps I’d previously purchased, a Dodocase and a Zagg keyboard and it’s a beautiful experience. As someone who is trying to manage a lot of information flow but also feed the creative side - there is something the iPad provides in it’s singularity that **makes me want to write** and more importantly helps make it happen. Like this post, I’m sitting at starbucks typing it out along with a lot of other content that if I had my MBA here I know I wouldn’t get to. I don’t know if it’s my ADD (self-diagnosed) mental environment, or something that comes with the most “human” experience with a device I’ve had. But as someone who is trying to squeeze all the results I can out of the time I have - the ipad has become the best device for me to create and produce I’ve had. That is why I think multi-tasking, while nice in the background, isn’t as necessary in the foreground. Just because the computer can offer it up doesn’t mean it provides the best, most creative, or most productive experience for us. How has the tablet revolution invaded your computing lifestyle? High-res

You can ask my friends that know my “technology switching tendencies.” Whether it is a new productivity system or site, or a new tablet, it’s been my interest in technology that’s turned it into a career strength.

With that in mind I’ve had, and sold, two ipads before. I sold them for needs (family vacation) and interests that trumped the luxury (new bike). That is why it was weird in the past couple months as I found myself wanting one again. In part it was due to the bigger improvements that had been made in the iPad2 (funny to say with the recent announcements of the newest iPad). But it also had to do with the mobile working lifestyle I have now managing a few startups and local businesses.

This is even more weird because when I chose a new computer I went with the my favorite of all time - the MacBook Air. I *still* love my MBA like crazy, but even with it’s speed firing it up or toting it around is a lot when you are trying to stay mobile. And a fast fire up time is still many seconds slower then the instant on of a mobile device like an iPhone or iPad.

That said, I recently have gotten an iPad2. Combinging it with the apps I’d previously purchased, a Dodocase and a Zagg keyboard and it’s a beautiful experience. As someone who is trying to manage a lot of information flow but also feed the creative side - there is something the iPad provides in it’s singularity that **makes me want to write** and more importantly helps make it happen.

Like this post, I’m sitting at starbucks typing it out along with a lot of other content that if I had my MBA here I know I wouldn’t get to. I don’t know if it’s my ADD (self-diagnosed) mental environment, or something that comes with the most “human” experience with a device I’ve had. But as someone who is trying to squeeze all the results I can out of the time I have - the ipad has become the best device for me to create and produce I’ve had.

That is why I think multi-tasking, while nice in the background, isn’t as necessary in the foreground. Just because the computer can offer it up doesn’t mean it provides the best, most creative, or most productive experience for us.

How has the tablet revolution invaded your computing lifestyle?

facing hurdles #lyproject

today with my two partners what was supposed to be a quick task turned into an all day effort. we hit random challenges we couldn’t have forseen, got pissed, persisted, had to walk away, come back, and just keep going. we had to walk through feeling stupid for what should have been easy and keep going anyways. we had to have grace as we vented, double and triple checked the work we were doing - and tried to finish as much as we could.

there were times it felt like we were wasting time, but the extra time it took was simply the time it took to get this task done. and we as partners and owners of the business - getting it done fast or slow is the job.

there are plenty of times in something new that you feel like you are foolishy wasting time. you aren’t wasting time. you are learning, growing, getting stronger through challenge, and building momentum towards future success.

some days, simply refusing to quick is a huge victory.