Photo A Day: 21 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 21st, 2010

Cambridge, MA – Things that magically appear in a kitchen when someone is home sick…

 

Photo A Day: 20 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 20th, 2010

Cambridge, MA – The really funny thing isn’t that Zoey always manages to find a patch of sunlight, but that she’ll keep shifting around the floor over the course of several hours to ensure she stays right in the middle of it.

 

Photo A Day: 19 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 19th, 2010

Watertown, MA – Want to know how to make a party more fun? Take the one-year-old kid who is running around in his pyjamas, and introduce him to the magical toy called a ping-pong ball…

 

Photo A Day: 18 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 18th, 2010

Waltham, MA – Went to a great presentation tonight at Bentley. Aaron Nurick talk about “The Good Enough Manager,” a psychological study he had just completed of good and bad managers.

 

Photo A Day: 17 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 17th, 2010

Alexandria, VA – On an entirely snowed in street outside our client’s offices, I found the single open, available spot, thus saving a tiny amount of money by not having to pay for parking… Hans would be proud.

 

Photo A Day: 16 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 16th, 2010

Alexandria, VA – Panera and other chains remind me of a class I took in college on service businesses. While chains are often criticized for forcing the same process on every establishment, that’s also their huge benefit: you can walk into one anywhere in the world, and you know what you’re going to get. So, tonight, dinner was pretty good. But I walked in knowing it would be…

 

Photo A Day: 15 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 15th, 2010

Cambridge, MA – Zoey was a non-participating, non-charging member of all my conference calls today…

 

Photo A Day: 13 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 13th, 2010

Cambridge, MA – Mmmmmm, Wagamama….

 

Photo A Day: 12 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 12th, 2010

Cambridge, MA – This holiday is a total racket…

 

Photo A Day: 11 February 2010

Written by PJ Neal on February 11th, 2010

Cambridge, MA – Just spent the last couple hours re-teaching myself how to draw cartoons.  I want to put together a training class at work about how to convey information visually, especially when meeting with clients and facilitating group discussions.  The whole “picture is worth a thousand words” thing really is true…