Anyone who knows me well understands that I’m not um, a natural at the whole mom thing. I’ve got the food/shelter/clothing/snuggle/kiss-the-boo-boo thing down, yes, but beyond that, I’m at a loss. My mother blames it on my father’s side of the family.
Anyway.
Kirsten, my four-year-old, is staying home with me this short week. She just returned [...]
My grandma always said, “It’s always a good idea to use Supertramp lyrics in a blog post title.”
Anyway.
I have enough stuff, so I’ve asked my family to give to Epic Change instead of me this year for the holidays. Sanjay and Stacey over at Epic Change kindly posted my donation badge on their site, mainly [...]
It’s friggin’ cold, snowy, and sunny here in lovely St. Paul, MN. And when the sun melts stuff and freezes it into black ice, well, now we’re talkin’ about something much more interesting.
When I fishtailed into the I-35 median this morning, then shot across to the snowbank on the other side, I swear to god [...]
I haven’t really traveled much since leaving IBM in May of this year. But Q4 in the software sales world kinda changes things. So, with the increased travel comes a change in family life.
Since returning from a recuperative three-day trip to the Jive Software mothership in Portland, OR yesterday, life has been all about my [...]
You know what? I am just too pooped lately to come up with good blog posts. Pooped, I tell you. I’m so freakin’ busy with existing and prospective customers. For example, I LOVED the fun demo I did today for 2.5 hours with a prospect with whom I hope to work again! And I had [...]
I took last week off and decided to get a new garage, paint my home office, and get a new tooth. Here’s what I learned:
It takes about half as much time than you think to completely clean out a 20×22 ft. garage.
It takes twice as much time than you think to completely clean out a [...]
So, I’ll be back in the saddle September 8. Until then, I’m being forced to enjoy myself without the pleasures that work brings.
And I blame the Republicans.
You see, the Republican National Convention is being held next week a mere seven minutes from my home. Since my husband works near the venue - and since my [...]
Taking a drive along Snelling Ave in St. Paul, MN last Friday, I got to see something you just don’t see every day.
Two miles of giant RVs.
They were all pulling out of the Minnesota State Fair grounds, headed toward I-94. I could only wonder if this was the future of Harley rallies, once the bikes [...]
When I was a pre-teen and pissed my Mom off, she’d “sentence” me to fold clothes for 30 minutes in the spare bedroom. That’s where we stored our family’s Mount McLaundry. See, my Mom believed in spending time doing fun things, family things. Laundry wasn’t one of them. We didn’t store clean clothes in bureaus [...]
Gia Lyons has spent 8 years at IBM and up until now has been the IBM Lotus Connections Software Evangelist. This interview post serves as her notice to her colleagues about her new gig at Jive.
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I am currently Director of Social Enterprise Evangelism at Jive Software and enjoy speaking with customers about how to use this stuff in the real world. Although I write about social software and enterprise adoption, my opinions are biased in favor of Jive's social networking and collaboration and community solutions, but that doesn't mean Jive shares my views. I live in St. Paul, MN with my husband, daughter, a dog and a cat. And sometimes a rabbit named Cocoa.
