From the Desk of PJ Neal

Photo A Day: 21 February 2010

PJ Neal — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:31:13 +0000

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

Photo A Day: 20 February 2010

PJ Neal — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:17:29 +0000

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

PJ Neal — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:17:14 +0000

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

PJ Neal — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:52:06 +0000

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

PJ Neal — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:49:00 +0000

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

PJ Neal — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:30:10 +0000

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

PJ Neal — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:47:20 +0000

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

Photo A Day: 13 February 2010

PJ Neal — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:27:52 +0000

Cambridge, MA – Mmmmmm, Wagamama….

Photo A Day: 12 February 2010

PJ Neal — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:15:47 +0000

Cambridge, MA – This holiday is a total racket…

Photo A Day: 11 February 2010

PJ Neal — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:06:51 +0000

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…