http://www.wynnewilliams.com thoughts, observations, and commentary from an entrepreneur / CEO / husband / dad / consumer / producer / fan / advisor / participant Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:13:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, Redskins' great Art Monk is being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  He played for the 'Skins from 1980-1993, the "glory years" that created so many great memories of watching football with by dad and brother, including 3 Super Bowl wins.  He's been eligible for the past seven ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/career-lessons-from-a-hall-of-famer/ Historically I've posted here after Viget's quarterly events, and since it's been awhile since I've posted anything at all, I thought this might inspire me to get back into the blogging flow (it's been a busy summer).  Emily just posted on Viget's blog some thoughts about what she learned from last ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/ropes-course/ I had a blast at TechStars last year, and I'm thrilled that they're having me back again this summer.  This coming Thursday I'll be immersed in start-ups in Boulder, teaming up with the guys from Slice of Lime to do a talk on user experience.  From what I can tell they have put ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/my-summer-trip-to-colorado/ Watching the NBA finals on Father's Day reminded me of a childhood memory that has stuck with me. My dad was more into football than basketball, but he was a sports fan and would generally watch the big games. When I was 11, we watched some of the '87 Lakers-Celtics ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/ As I mentioned on the Viget blog, I'll be speaking at the Tech Cocktail Conference in Chicago on May 29th.  Corey, COO at Squidoo, and I will be telling the story of how Squidoo (a Viget client) went from concept to profitability.  There are a couple things about the way ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/upcoming-talk-at-tech-cocktail-conference/ Today's the five year anniversary of my dad's death, which always gets me thinking a bit too much.  It also gets me digging around what I have that was his, trying to learn some things about him or from him.  This time I dug up his old 1972 cruise book ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/do-what-you-do/ We used to get a cake during Free Lunch Friday every time it was someone's birthday.  Pretty soon, that became every week, and that was just too much cake.  Now, we just get a cake on the first Friday of each month for everyone in that month.  Laura has a bit of ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/viget-cake/ It's wild to think that it was almost exactly eight years ago that we got together in Boulder, Colorado and planned out what kind of company we wanted Viget to be.  Last Friday, everyone from both offices got together for an incredible afternoon out of the Lab at the Marriott ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/a-reminder-not-to-quit/ It's an especially social week for me (having 3 small kids tends to limit your evenings out, assuming you like your kids).  Tonight, I'll be joining the panel discussion at Refresh DC's April event along with Andrew Lee of Publi.us, Sean Greene of LaunchBox Digital, Eddie Frederick of Hungry Machine, and Eric ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/events-tonight-tomorrow/ When Mike wrote about James Karl Buck's use of Twitter this week to alert his friends when he was arrested in Egypt for photographing a demonstration, I wondered if my little hometown paper would pick up the story.  Today, they did, with a good article by Mike Musgrove.  It's another example of ... http://www.wynnewilliams.com/this-weeks-twitter-story/