At boot camp this morning, I found myself riding on the AirDyne bike while the rest of the class was running outside. I am currently dealing with a foot injury and my primary care doc told me no running or jumping until I see the podiatrist next week for a more in-depth evaluation, hence the …
An Epiphany
I want to tell you about a major epiphany I had recently but some background is required in order for it to make sense. It started innocently enough - I decided to take a yoga class at work. I heard yoga is good for building flexibility, reducing stress, and improving balance and mobility. Those were …
It’s Been A Long Time…
If you know Led Zeppelin, you know the last few words of that line are "since I rock and rolled". But in my case, it's "since I tended this blog". As much as I enjoy writing, somehow I allowed life to get in the way. Between work, being a good dad and husband, and focusing …
Life in “The Cave”
In early 2007, I moved to a new job at Intel. Same overall group (Open Source Technology Center) but moved from engineering to the business/marketing team. At the time, I was an individual contributor (Intel speak for non-manager) so my boss told me I could work from home if I wanted to since no one …
Welcome to my new blog
Hello readers, welcome to my new blog on WordPress.com I am slowly but surely trying to wean myself off of Google services and I am starting with Blogspot. So, I will now be blogging here instead of on my Blogspot account. I hope that every now and then I will have something useful to say. …
Derek Speed 