Three years ago, I was sitting in a Panera Bread1 and contemplating the future. I was debating with myself on whether I should give up what was becoming a great career at Microsoft in order to try my hand at a small startup in Silicon Valley called Box. The offer had come suddenly but it … Continue reading Moving Onwards
Box
Posts from my time at Box, a cloud storage and collaboration company
Values Revisited
As I near the three-year anniversary of my engagement1 to Box, I thought it would be apropos to reflect on some of my values in life & work. I first created a list of values like this way back in 2011, as a way to assess how things were going in my life in general … Continue reading Values Revisited
Reflections on the Month of Mobile
It's been a couple weeks since I returned from my month on the East Coast, and I've had a chance to catch up on some sleep and otherwise recover from the grand experiment of working 100% remotely on mobile devices. I have officially gone "back to the office". (Though, was I ever really gone, technically … Continue reading Reflections on the Month of Mobile
Restoring empathy during meetings
Trust is expensive to build and easy to destroy, which is why it's rare. –Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants It has now been three weeks into my month of 100% mobile remote work. I think I've participated in enough meetings remotely (well over 50 according to my calendar) to sufficiently annoy people back at … Continue reading Restoring empathy during meetings
How to work two jobs using your phone
"The very idea of working remotely seems strange to most people until they consider how much time at traditional workplaces is spent working purely through computers." –Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants Just came back from a hectic 5 days in Boston where I visited three Box customers, did a whole bunch of sight-seeing and … Continue reading How to work two jobs using your phone
The Month without Pants
"Employees were young and independent, and they worked from wherever in the world they wished. They rarely used e-mail, launched new work into the world every day, and had an open vacation policy. If a work culture qualified as being from the future, this was it." --Scott Berkun, in reference to working for WordPress.com, The Year … Continue reading The Month without Pants
Mobile World Congress 2013 – Trip Report
I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to attend many mobile-related conferences, but Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona really takes the cake for sheer size and opulence. Eight halls, 72000+ attendees, 4 days of continuous booth duty – it was quite overwhelming, but wholly fulfilling at the same time. Never have I seen so … Continue reading Mobile World Congress 2013 – Trip Report
Brisk Mobility 