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Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Today I turned a quarter of a century. 25 years old.  Thanks to Mom and Dad for letting me stick around the house during those first few years. Had a great birthday, thanks to everyone on Twitter and Facebook who sent me messages, and all the texts and ...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Today (for 55 more minutes at least) is Blog Action Day .  A day to use our platforms to talk about poverty. And rather than talk about it, I’m sending you to someone who’s doing something about it in a big way.www.jumpforjoel.org Shana, a fri...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Two weeks ago I went back to UIS for the annual Students vs. FAST (Faculty,Alumni,Staff Team) basketball game.  The FAST team had never won before, and I wanted to see some old friends and familiar faces, so I took the afternoon off and went back to UIS. ...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
I found out today that I’m going to be on the cover of Seth Godin’s new book, Tribes.  When you flip the book jacket around, there will be a lot of pictures of people who are involved in Seth’s secret community, Tribes. (I’m Member...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
… that Fall can officially begin.  First Pumpkin Pie Blizzard of the year.
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Last night was the championship tournament for our coed Softball League.  There are 5 teams in the league, and we entered the tournament as the 3 seed with a 5-5 record.  The only team we had not beaten in regular season, The MooseKnuckles, were our first...

Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
I was in Seattle all last week, it was pretty cool.  Other than jet lag and missing my wife and dog, that is. I saw the Pike Place Market, original Starbucks, Experience Music Center, Space Needle, Bainbridge Island, Mt. Rainier, and much more. Oh, and I ...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
A lot of people ask me “why do you add the J to your name” Well, for a couple of reasons. 1) I can’t say my last name.  Waard. Word.  Werd. Wahrd.  It’s strange.  Ward…. Brad Ward. I can’t do it.  BUT, when I add the J...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
You might have heard from the AP newswire that our school mascot costume was stolen: [MSNBC] [AOL] Publicity stunt Nope.   Opportunity for publicity You betcha. I called up Michael, the caretaker of Blue II, around 2pm yesterday. By 2:30 we were shootin...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Dave Bakke writes that 10 Bloggers are expected to convene on the state capitol this weekend for a blogging get-together. [Link: http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1729991991/Dave-Bakke-10-bloggers-expected-to-convene-in-Springfield] From the article: But aren...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
This weekend was great.  Amazing weather.  We had 2 cookouts this weekend.  The first was to have the Butler Bloggers over for some quick training, but mainly to just meet each other.The second was with our small group/softball team.  Guys played Madden +...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Reason #340 why I love technology: We got to talk to Matt and Heather while they were in Thailand via Skype.

Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Lots going on lately. Let me update you using pics. Flickr finally released a decent slideshow embed feature, so it’s much easier for me to pull pictures out and post them.[If you're reading this on Facebook or RSS, you probably need to click thro...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Having a hard time lately balancing personal and professional life (see last post). I’m not doing bad, I just don’t want to do worse. Trying to see that fine line between enjoying life and reaching my goals and aspirations. Too many ideas an...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Just wanted to share this video from my brother’s speech at our wedding.  1) Because it’s hilarious, and 2) because I’ve been working on his last tidbit of advice.“If you put as much work into your marriage as your websites, you...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
“So, How was your day” Life is hectic, sorry I haven’t updated in….. forever.  Had an opportunity to go out West pop up and have been swamped at work. The future doesn’t look much better. We have Saturday plans every weeken...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Hard to believe, but Jen and I have been married for 2 years now! Each day seems to get better. She’s my best friend and I couldn’t have asked for a better wife.  Looking forward to seeing what Year 3 brings us! Here’s a glimpse of yea...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
My flight got cancelled out of Philadelphia tonight and I’m stuck here until tomorrow. The soonest I could get to Indy was through Boston leaving at 10:30am and getting home around 5:30. Basically everyone else at the conference got stranded too....

Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
After nearly 48 hours from start to finish, I am in the clear and have my new iPhone. I highly suggest you check out the http://26dayswithoutaniphone.com if you haven’t, it details the entire thing. You can watch 40 videos from the night on YouTube ...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Yep, we’re less than 24 hours from the 3G iPhone launch.   Keep up with the next 24 hours of my life over at http://www.26dayswithoutaniphone.com. Joe flies in late afternoon, and the adventure begins.  We were featured on BrandFlakesForBreakfast.co...

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