Smile… You're on Google Maps!
Let me give you a little history behind this picture…
May 4th 2009, 12:17PM I Tweeted:
We had just returned from a long day at the beach and we were getting ready to put the kids down for a nap. As I was getting out of the car, I noticed the funny-looking Google car driving one street over. I screamed to Tiff and the kids: ”Quick! Everybody out to the front of the house, the Google car is coming!”. Of course, being the uber-techo-dork that I am, I sounded like an incoherent baboon screaming for my family to come join me at the side walk. I told them to smile and wave as the car drove by, my Wife rolling her eyes the entire time. As the car zipped by, the lady driving was having a pretty good laugh at the four of us standing out there waving. My Wife then turns to me and says: ”I Don’t get it…”
Fast forward six months…
I was getting directions today as we were heading to the UCLA Women’s Volleyball game and I noticed Google Maps had an announcement up about Street View Hawaii being available. I, of course, immediately looked up my Mom’s address and sure enough we were there! Once again I screamed for my family to come and take a look at the computer. Now they finally understood what I was doing that day in May, and actually think it’s pretty cool! 2pts for the Super-Geek!
Happy Veteran's Day!
I’d like to thank all of the men and women who serve this Country and especially to the memory of my Grandfather, AF Col John R. Breeden. Even though he has long since passed-away, I still recall vividly the stories he told me of flying P-38’s in WWII. The sacrifices that he and my Grandmother made were unimaginable, but I am so grateful they did so we could live in this great Country of ours.
Col. John Breeden Commander of the 129th Air Resupply Group
Preaching to the Choir
I’ve been saying it for a while: In order to succeed in a highly competitive marketplace, you need to brand yourself. I built this site over three years ago although I feel that my personal “brand evolution” has been evolving for much longer.
I came across a CNN article tonight discussing the term Me 2.0, basically saying all the things I’ve been talking about for a couple of years. It really hits the nail on the head which means that I need to start thinking about Me 3.0.
I know, I know… my site is a couple years old. It’s all designed and ready to go, but where does on find the time? Don’t know, but I’ll figure it out one of these days!