Brad Rourke’s Blog
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An Entrepreneur
A family member sent me this note recently: I’ve seen a man on the street the last few days that has intrigued me. I finally talked to him a bit this morning outside my office building. Since I’m in the middle of . . . yet another downsizing, I’ve been thinking a lot about the…
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Results From My First Diet
It was the end of June, and I had just returned from vacation with the family. We’d gone to Hawaii, so I spent a lot of time with no shirt. I’ve always thought of myself as a very fit person. I have run regularly since I was 16, I work out, I have done P90X,…
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How To Change Strings On An Electric Guitar
The other day my friend, Dennis Ellington, asked just out of curiosity how I string my guitar. It was hard to explain in writing, but when I was done he said my method is unusual. So I thought it would be easier to demonstrate on video: Here is what I originally wrote: If you are…
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Interview On Building Community
My friend Craig Patterson asked me to cut a short video as a part of a series he was working on. He was asking a handful of participants to respond to the question: “How can we come together as a community to rebuild our community?” Here is my brief response.
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Google+, Circles, and Facebook (And: How To Make Facebook Act Like G+)
On June 28, 2011, Google pleased geeks worldwide by unveiling their third try at social networking: Google+, or G+. While the previous attempts met with at best only mild success (Orkut is popular in Brazil but few other places, and Google Buzz remains a sideline for most), G+ has seen quick adoption and quick praise…
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Featured On Page One Of Washington Post's Sunday Business Section
I was away on vacation and so was not there to bask in the glory, but I was given a heads-up by the reporter and knew it was coming: On Sunday, June 26, me and my colleague Cindy Cotte Griffiths were featured on the front page of the Washington Post’s business section. The story, by…
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Lotus Uprising
Over the weekend I attended a wonderful event that I wanted to share with you. It was called Lotus Uprising, and was part yoga class, part dinner party, part house concert.
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