Ignite Boise 2 Presentation

In July I gave a presentation for Ignite Boise 2 at the Egyptian Theater. The idea of the event is to talk about whatever you want for 5 minutes using 20 slides. My thought was to talk about why Jennette and I went to Puerto Rico.

The video of the event was finally uploaded and here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/user/IgniteBoise#play/uploads/6/JfAhrT9ybr4

Thanks goes to Fisher and the Atwoods for coming and supporting me. Special thanks goes to Jennette for the idea of going to live somewhere that I could learn how to surf.

Spoiled Pooch

I have a spoiled puppy. I had my suspicions and thought he might be a bit pampered, but lately I realized we may have created a monster. Bosco decided a little bit ago not to eat anything. I didn't think too much about it until almost three days had past with him putting up his nose to food. I started to get a little worried (OK a lot) so I started feeding him anyway that I could. The only way he would grace us with his eating was if one of us hand fed him every tiny bite while he lounged on the floor. After we realized that nothing was wrong with him other than he was ridiculously spoiled, we stopped and then he started eating normally again. I think he staged the whole thing just to see how far he could push it. We definitely named him appropriately when we started calling him "Boss".

Lately

Here are some favorite shots from recent photo shoots. Between school, pictures, dog and hubby, life has been hectic!

how many does it take?

We decided to get a group picture from our camping trip. I think it took Rich and I about ten minutes just to figure out the timer on my camera, not to mention how long it took to get a good picture.

almost...

Not even close...

No...

Ta da! The best one we came up with, great job everyone!

Question to my Friends

In preparing for a presentation I am giving at Ignite Boise in 2 weeks, I thought I would throw out a couple questions to anyone that reads our blog.

Why don't you go on more trips or adventures?
Is it money, not enough vacation time, kids, and/or, no desire, etc?

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts. If you would rather just email me your thoughts feel free. I will not use any comments in my presentation without asking for permission.

Thanks,

Rich

San Diego Trip and a Thanks to Grandpa

Earlier this week I went to San Diego for Google Adwords training (if anyone wants help, I am willing). The trip was great, I had some really good fish tacos, the training was better than expected and I caught a good reggae band and a rockabilly group called the Buzzbombs. The Buzzbombs were so good I got out of my chair and on the floor skankin' (felt like High School again). Pretty decent guys too, you can listen to them on their myspace page.

I also bought a great ticket off a scalper for a Padres game. A picture of my seat watching Griffey Jr. hit is below. Besides not having Jennette around it was an excellent trip.




















On the way home I stopped in Utah to attend my Grandfathers, Deward Nay, funeral. It was a great service and I will miss my Grandpa. He taught me how to play cards and he was always able to lighten the mood. I don't ever remember him raising a voice to any of us Grandkids. He was a great example and I will miss him.

Ignite Boise - July 16th

I have been chosen to present at Ignite Boise 2 on July 16th. Tickets are free so come and heckle or support me to your hearts content. The following is my Topic:

Why we all don’t live on the Beach - How Social norms prohibit us from going on more adventures

by Rich Taylor

In early 2008 my wife told me that we need to go live on a beach somewhere for a while. We had just built a house in Meridian, I was in the middle of Graduate school and the start-up company I worked for had just been acquired by a Fortune 200 company. I am always up for a new adventure and who doesn’t want to live on a beach. So we started planning, found all we needed online and bought airline tickets. On Christmas Day 2008 we left our family, friends, brand new home and Idaho for the beaches of Rincón, Puerto Rico. In planning for this trip I discovered there are some Social norms that keep us from going on more adventures. When we would tell people we are moving to Puerto Rico we got a mixed bag of reactions. Some reactions were positive, many curious and some people seemed to think we were doing something wrong with our life. My wife and I had a most excellent adventure in Puerto Rico and I am now back in the Treasure Valley to reveal some of the Social norms that keep us buckled down in the day-to-day grind instead of going on more adventures.