*** UPDATE: The baby Robins have left the nest and ventured into the big bad world. Best of luck little Robins. Way to take the leap of faith, it was fun watching you grow up so quickly! I’ll try to post a photo album sometime soon.***
These Robins built a nest on the ledge right outside my 3rd story office window at Doba.
They’re a pretty common bird (320 Million population). State bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Wikipedia has all things American Robin covered. But there’s something pretty remarkable about this common bird that I’ve probably seen literally thousands of in my life.
They’ve been there for a bit. The eggs hatch after 14 days, and then the young leave the nest after another two weeks.
So waste a little time and check out the Robin Cam:
***UPDATE - We’ve taken the Robin Cam down since they’ve all left. Here’s a pic of the final baby debating wether he should jump from a 3rd story window and see if he can fly. ***
I think entrepreneurs could learn something from these guys. #1 skill I wish I had more of as an entrepreneur? Patience. She sits there nearly all day and all night long.
#2 skill I wish I had more of as an entrepreneur? Persistence. Once these guys hatch, they’ll feed them up to 100 times per day.
PS - Thanks Joel (Doba’s great wizard of IT) for setting up the webcam!!
Sunday, I took Kaitlin up American Fork canyon for our first hike this year. We hiked the Pine Hollow Trail to the junction of the Salamander Flat Trail and back. Besides the fact that she did the 3 mile round trip and 750 elevation gain hike (25% which was on snow) all by herself (making me very excited for the increase in distance we can cover this year on our Adventure Buddy trips), I learned an important lesson, and it’s something that applies 110% to entrepreneurship.
On the way down the trail, there was a little bush that had very noticeable water droplets on the leafs, left there by the skiff of a thunderstorm that came through while we were hiking. So noticeable, K and I both stopped at the same time and said, whoa, look at that. She of course wanted to take a picture, which she had been doing a lot on this trip since Amy and I gave her our old Cannon digital camera to use. It’s pretty old: 3 megapixel, and the screen on the back is barely 1.5 inches diameter. Man, was it a cutting edge, real nice camera back in the day.
Anyway, I said, good idea, let’s take a picture, but I should take this one. The reason I said that is we had to put it in Macro mode and get close and the wind was gusting and the little plant blowing all over the place. Now I don’t consider myself to be a photographer by any stretch, but I do take lots of pictures in the wild and figured for sure I could take a shot of this better than Kaitlin since she holds the camera out at arms length, squints at the tiny screen, presses the shutter button so hard it moves the camera 6 inches, and gets her (most of the time blurry) shot.
Here are the 4 pictures I took, and remember, I was putting my best, and most experienced, outdoor photography with a digital camera foot forward to try to get a shot:
Here is the picture Kaitlin took, after holding the camera out, saying, “Don’t blow the little bush wind!” and pressing the button:
Sometimes, the people who shouldn’t be able to do something–those among us that are completely inexperienced and seem to be way out of the league they’re trying to play in–are the ones that nail it.
So go do something this month that you and everyone else thinks that you can’t do since you don’t have the experience. Something you’re not qualified for. Something way out of your league. You might surprise yourself and others and find that it’s so easy a 5 yr old could do it.
BTW, it’s a pretty awesome pic, hugh? Actually, it’s not awesome, it’s beyond awesome. It’s BeeeAwesome! (K loves that movie)
This was one of the coolest things I’ve ever been part of. Ignite Salt Lake 2 was really awesome. All the videos from that night are online now at the Ignite Sale Lake site.
I had a blast doing mine. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:
I was recently interviewed by SoftwareCEO. SoftwareCEO is the software industry’s “Page One,” with tips and tactics from best-practices software firms, plus discussion forums, news, links, and online seminars. Site Members also have access to file downloads, proprietary research, and thousands of dollars in exclusive Buyers’ Club discounts.
The focus of the interview was about how Doba had some growing pains in 2007 and 2008. It’s a long article, but I think it really captures what we’ve gone through the last couple years, and especially how/why we’re now positioned to grow and invest in the midst of these economic headwinds:
