Friday, July 25, 2003

SF MTG I finally found a group of adult Magic the Gathering players! While I was waiting to perform at The Canvas Gallery Open Mike Night (weds 7pm), I noticed a group of guys in the corner playing Magic the Gathering. As I walked over, I recognized one of the players as J.C. from Catalla Systems. They play draft on Wednesday nights, and another related group plays constructed on Sundays. Here's the Yahoo group address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfmtg/ Now I just need to get out more... Imagine, one night to play guitar and play cards and sip wine and walk home ;-) 12:56:23 PM

Jackson swims I've been meaning to mention this all week. Last Saturday at swim class, Jackson finally "got it" and really enjoyed himself. He was clingy and unhappy at first, but then after just a few minutes, something just clicked for him, and he kicked and wiggled with smiles on his face. Now I'm really(!) looking forward to swim class tomorrow, perhaps his grandpa will come and snap some pictures. 12:47:01 PM

Week ending 2003-07-25 This week ends a little earlier than usual, as my folks are driving up for the weekend. They should be hear early evening, but before that, Jackson has a doctor's appointment, and I am getting Paulette's car washed. Accomplishments this week include: converted the bloggerjack website from html to tomcat/struts/tiles installed the weblog app installed the wiki app spent considerable time on the logo with Steve spent time on the marketing plan (finding research sources) spent time on the IMC plan (specifically, what are the weblogs for bloggerjack?) clarifying the goals of bloggerjack (phase 1) almost finishing the re-read of "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" resolved blocking issue for pilot program #1 got verbal commitment for pilot program #2 showed up for the open mike nite (didn't get to perform, but at least I went!) found a group of adult MTG players! Goals for next week: finishing aforementioned book writing summary reading for school participation for school webkit investigation subapps in struts? meeting with Seth upcoming goals: prepare outline of business plan collect stats on market 12:44:37 PM

EyeTools I had lunch with Colin Johnson yesterday. We talked extensively about his business venture EyeTools, which uses eye tracking hardware and their own analysis tools to quantify and qualify viewer responses to website and advertising presentations. After several years of covert development and market research, EyeTools has recently launched a new website and began participating in usability conferences around the country. And it appears that these promotional activities are already paying off, with two solid leads in the works. 12:07:44 PM