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legos crossed with waffles - despite the lousy review from taquitos.net, it seems like a winner…at least for 4 year olds. unfortunately, most of us have enough trouble getting our kids to eat and not play with their food… :)

i saw Crash this wknd and wasn’t thrilled. i’m glad they made this movie…but, an oscar???

maybe my expectations were too great. maybe it needs to be seen in a theater. maybe maybe maybe…i just don’t know.

the acting was phenomenal…and, some of the scenes were simply amazing. but, the movie as a whole was just too much. as a friend of mine put it - a bad mashup of grand canyon and pulp fiction.

yeah, yeah, i had to throw in a web 2.0 reference … and no, he didn’t say mashup :)

seriously, there were way too many characters/stories with very little resolution. and, it was insanely contrived.

ahh, what could have been…

“good night and good luck” was far far better and…in many ways more important…

had a great time in sunny AZ…great hiking and swimming…

but, now we’re back to reality and RAIN. at least the weather is going to be pretty nice in chicago. and, in fact, it may be warmer :) that’s quite odd for this time of year!

posting will return, but will be a bit lighter than normal…

frank barnako noticed a comment I put in my post about FeedBurner…so, i thought i’d elevate it to a blog post.

tuesday morning after posting about FeedBurner, i took my son to school. on the way home (fortunately not on the way) i got into a car accident…i’m fine, but have a mild concussion.

and, most importantly, i broke the screen on my nokia 6630…so, my flickrstream is on hold until i replace it :)

btw - the irony of this is that for the past three years i’ve driven nearly 500 miles a week to yahoo without incident…

life transitions are a good way to kick off a new (ish) blog, so here it goes…

friday was my last day at yahoo…while I’m sad to leave, I’m incredibly excited about where I’m headed…

i’m joining FeedBurner as vp business development, strategic partnerships. don’t worry, I’m not moving to chicago – instead I’m helping open our new sf branch office. of course, you might see me in the oakland airport a bit more…

the experiences i had during my three years at yahoo were some of the best of my career. i was primarily focused on RSS, community / blogging, and yahoo’s overall and social media efforts / strategies. i worked on some fantastic products including my yahoo, yahoo groups, yahoo 360, etc., helped acquire blo.gs and searchfox, and participated in our cross-company social media initiatives. and, most importantly, i worked with incredibly talented people, many of whom are now lifelong friends. i’ll miss everyone (too many to list), but I’m positive that we’ll continue to work together in some capacity.

so, why FeedBurner? the short answer…every dick costolo email makes me laugh. if you’ve read any of his blog posts or if you’ve met him, you know what I mean…

seriously though – over the past three years, media fragmentation has rapidly accelerated as consumers have become their own programmers and, increasingly, publishers themselves. yahoo led the way in developing some of the key user experiences (my yahoo, flickr, del.icio.us, etc.) that drove this consumer behavior shift. FeedBurner is also at the heart of this ever-changing media landscape. but, our focus is on helping publishers of all shapes and sizes navigate this new world – where syndication, subscriptions, and user generated content play ever more important roles.

additionally, i’m also a huge fan of the team. I’ve known dick, steve, matt, and eric, for nearly two years decades. they (and the rest of the fb folks) are some of the smartest, most passionate and honest people i have ever encountered.

never say something stupid like, “i never get sick.” within a week you’ll feel like hell.

anyways, i refuse to stop working and going about my business…but, what i really feel like doing is watching something like Happy Gilmore over and over :)