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Openness is important with everything in life.  Today though I want to discuss a much lighter-hearted topic.  The 401k.  It’s a new year and after getting pounded (like the majority), it’s time to rebalance my portfolio.  My last rebalance was 2 years ago and I was heavy in the international funds (Europe, Asia, etc.).  Those took quite a beating thus far, but it’s time to put the past behind me and look to a brighter future. Read the rest of this entry »

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Looking back at 2008, I feel that I have grown more in the last 9 months than I have in the last 9 years.  Not only have I started to think without my ego, I have also started to align my heart and mind.  And I must tell you its a wonderful feeling.  (Read more here).

That said, I want to take the next step in my growth and continue this positive growth.  There is no better time to start change than now, and 2009 feels so much different.  We may have faced troubled times as a nation, but don’t we learn more about ourselves when we are down than flying high?  And we become stronger minded from it.  It is always darkest before the dawn.  And the dawn is near. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m excited to tell you about my first “real” contribution to open source!  Sure, I’ve given my feedback on various forums over the years, but I have never worked on a project solely for open source… until now!  And I’m excited about it.

Last year I needed to built a component to view data both spatially and temporally for work.  I tried searching for something open source, but nothing existed.  All I found was lots of people asking for such a component.  So in Nov of 2007 I decided to build it.  Why post it in Jan of 2009 then?  Well let’s just say “process.”  It’s not easy to release open source software when you work at a company.  But anyway…

The component uses and synchronizes OpenLayers map API with MIT’s SIMILE timeline.

A demo is available here.

And the project can be found here:

http://code.google.com/p/maptimeline/