It’s been quite a week.. yesterday I was in vegas,,, which was very interesting and productive. Staying on the outskirts of town gave me a whole new perspective on the  place. It’s actually quite beutiful when you are looking out..

Last night I traveled to Dallas .. plane was late so I didn’t get to bed until nearly 2.. then up around 6 to do 2 talks for IBM audiences on The Colony. I was trying to apply lessons form the Colony experience to both groups of IBM-ers.. both were facing challenges at work..   One of my  main messages to them was .. don’t worry so much about mistakes.. I appeared naked on 6 million TVs and it didn’t mess up my career or life too much.. .. 🙂

It was so good seeing my coworkers for both of these talks.. our lack of travel is really taking much of the fun out of work.. human contact is so ery important.. at least to me…

Here’s one of the younger workers.. 11 year old Nathan…

..and the organizers of the second event..

Latte this afternoon I got another plane to New Orleans.. ancestral home of much of my dad’s family.. here’s the mighty Mississippi…looking kinda lazy

And some of the marshland that s currently under threat from the oil spill..

New Orleans is a wonderful city. it has real character// more than most cities.. you know you’re hear the moment you step off the plane..    Hot sauce everywhere !

I had a nice dinner with friend Jarrod.. then tracked down some other friends at a wild CInco del Mayo party down down..

What a cool city !