Downtime

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Current Status: The Dip

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The Business Partner

Lucy

At just 5 1/2 months old little Lucy Ferguson is in charge of Operations and Security here at Ferguson Tech, which usually consists of sitting on the couch and staring out the window. She also brings experience in ham and cheese quality control, desk wiring inspection, and on occasion licking my toes.

Isn't she cute?

This is Boise

People always ask me "What is Boise like?". I try my best to explain but never do it justice. Well now I can just point them to this awesome video Boise State put together (go ahead, watch it). Pretty good huh? It's easy to see why we refer to Boise as "The best kept secret in the west".

And by the way - looking for a software job and open to relocating? You might give Boise a solid look. We have had over 1000 software related job postings in the past few months, and a vibrant startup scene is taking shape. Drop me a line for more info, Ill 'virtually' show you around and help you connect.

On Productivity

Being in the software business means I am pretty much strapped to my computer most of the day. It can be quite challenging to stay focused on the task at hand and not get lost in the wasteland of email, news and social media.

I just got distracted by watched Scott Hanselman's Personal Productivity Tips which I found quite insightful. Scott shares a bunch of good ideas on how to manage the overwhelming amount of distractions in order to be more productive. 

I decided to take 3 things (The Rule of 3?) from the video and implement them today:

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Boise Hackers: doing > talking

Earlier this month after @BoiseJS (Boise Javascript) Jason Denizac, Brett Adler and I started discussing the need for a ‘more than talking’ type of meet-up. We are all working on products/projects and wanted to create an opportunity where we can help out each out, learn, network and create a sense of ‘Hacker Culture’ here in our own community.

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Laces out!!!

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New glasses

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Boise Friends – Join us for 'Katy’s Birthday Drinks' tomorrow (2/10/12)

Please join us for drinks and dueling pianos at the Brickyard downtown 6th and main, Friday at 10pm’ish. Bring your partners, friends, that cousin who is in town, whoever. The more the merrier’


Hope you to see you all there!


Facebook Event

Shoshone Falls

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We are in Twin Falls today for Daryn's volleyball tournament. During a break we drove over Shoshone Falls. Quite a breathtaking sight, rainbow included.