Steadman Family

Melinda had her ultrasound on Wednesday and everything looks great with the baby. He is right were he should be on size and development and things are looking good for a July 16th delivery. We're all very excited (well, Madie wanted another sister, but she's coming around to the little brother idea) and are working on little boy names.

I love incredibly easy ideas that have a positive impact on peoples lives. I feel that we miss opportunities as much of the focus is put into the overall fight against cancer and not into the day-to-day lives of patients and their care-givers. For me, it's about finding a balance between the big and little initiatives.

My friend Michael Birdsong embodies this balance - he's raised thousands of dollars for the LAF and has started a new project called "Chemo Rocks". He's collecting used iPods for use in the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center in Boulder, CO. He's setup an iTunes server with thousands of songs and has iPods that patients can use while getting their treatments. It's a really simple plan that can be easily executed to provide a little comfort during an otherwise crappy time.

My iPod wasn't seeing much use since I upgraded to the iPhone and it's now spending its days where it can do a little good. Please drop me a line if you have an underused iPod that needs a new home.

Thanks

It's the economy, stupid.

I was laid off last week and have started the job hunt machine again. There's never really a good time to be out of work, but I was starting to lose steam with Me.dium as they changed their product direction away from enabling implicit discovery of people as well as online content. I'm a huge believer in the power of meeting people based on what you're doing online and hope that the folks still there find a way to make things profitable in the future.

So it's on to bigger and better things for me. I'm focusing mainly on account and project management positions and have already started getting a few strong leads. Please keep your fingers crossed and ping me if you hear of any cool spots in the Denver/Boulder area.