http://www.chrishardie.com/blog Personal Blog for James Christopher Hardie Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:08:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a hard post to write because a lot of people who I care about and respect are very invested in and excited about the recent news that Richmond is one of the winners of the National Civic League's "All-America City" award. First, I want to say that I do ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/06/whats-in-a-name-all-america-city.html This past week I had my first experience hosting some cross-country cyclists for a night.  Quinn, Ken and Andy are biking from Portland, OR to New York, NY and came through Indiana, riding into Richmond on US-40.  I recently became the sole human occupant of a house with great space ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/06/hospitality-with-warmshowersorg.html If you spend any amount of time following my online adventures - through my blog, Twitter, Facebook, or otherwise - then there are some things you need to know: Please don't assume that you know me because you read my posts or status updates. I'm not saying this because I think ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/06/things-to-know-if-you-follow-me-online.html Most of my blog posts are a main course dish with one primary taste.  This one is more of a salad with a bunch of different tastes thrown together. I did eat a salad for lunch today (nice transition) - radish, green onion, and goat cheese on spring mix greens, with ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/05/blog-salad.html At a local business networking event tonight, someone noted that they'd heard a rumor I might be getting involved in politics locally.  We had a good conversation about it, and I thought I'd use it as a jumping off point to share a little more about my own political aspirations. Sometime ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/05/my-political-aspirations.html We try to keep Summersault LLC as "flat" as possible, with minimal hierarchy and focus on authority relationships, opting instead for collaborative roles and even aspirations of a tribal staffing model.  But in my role as "Principal," I still end up taking on what would traditionally be called a "management" ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/05/10-things-about-my-approach-to-business-management.html There was a lot of pressure in this country today to ride your bike to work, and frankly, I think it was a little overdone.  There's so much about the way our nation's transportation system is setup that favors cyclists, and it feels like we've shoved aside pedestrian thoroughfares and ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/05/one-less-bike-walk-to-work-day.html I tried a little experiment with Twitter last week.  I see lots of folks talking about how to make money with social media exposure like Twittering, but hadn't yet seen anyone talking about how to give away money via the same.  So on Wednesday I put out a challenge that ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/05/charitable-giving-with-twitter-antics.html At a recent training I attended, some foofaraw was made about the fact that the facilitators had come all the way from Boulder, Colorado to Indiana to share their knowledge and expertise with us.  Those facilitators in turn made some note of the fact that their knowledge and expertise was ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/05/role-of-travel-in-establishing-expertise.html All bloggers do it at least once in their blogging career.  It's remains pretty faux pas in my opinion, but here I am anyway.  You know what I'm talking about, don't you? It's the blog post that only exists to note that I haven't been blogging much lately. Gasp. Sometimes it can ... http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2009/04/all-bloggers-do-it-once-in-a-while.html