Allen Eskelin - CEO of Peak Portfolio
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CEO of Peak Portfolio, management consultant, and author. I also blog at soloconsultants.com and publish The SoloLIST, a weekly newsletter for solo consultants. [profile]

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Consulting as a Digital Nomad

There have always been nomadic workers who work on the road. In the past decade, a new type of nomad has emerged, the Digital Nomad. As technology has enabled affordable, continuous connectivity anywhere, more and more information workers have moved toward a mobile lifestyle. Dell provides technology to these workers and has created an online community for these Digital Nomads. Here is their definition of a Digital Nomad: Read more »

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Posted 2 days ago

The Case for Solo Consulting

If you are a cubicle dweller, I feel your pain. I’ve been there. I’ve got the t-shirt. After 6 years with one Fortune 500 company and 7 years with another, I made the jump to solo consulting. There’s a whole story there but we’ll save that for another time. Let’s just say that going solo was the best move I’ve made in my career.

The goal of this post is to lay out the case for you to go solo. Read more »

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Posted 2 days ago

Project Natal


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Posted 1 month ago

Sports Illustrated - Tablet Demo 1.5

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Posted 2 months ago

Inspiring Father & Son Relationship

This is an inspirational video of a father and son who refused to listen to what the experts said was impossible:

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Posted 3 months ago

Sioux City Musketeers 89-90 - Hit Results in Fights


This is one of my favorite hits from when I played hockey for the Sioux City Musketeers in '89-90. I'm #25 in white delivering the hit. The next play is the other team's response to the hit.

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Posted 4 months ago

Renewing my appreciation for coffee

If you want to really appreciate something, give it up for a period of time.

I recently gave up coffee for 2 months and switched to tea due to stomach digestion issues I was having. The digestion issues cleared up in a few weeks so I believe the acid in the coffee was messing me up. After 10 years of drinking multiple cups of coffee a day, I definitely missed it. So now that my stomach is doing well, I decided to have a cup of coffee once every few weeks or so. 

Last week I met my friend Steve at Starbucks and we had a french press of Sumatra. Because I knew this would be my only coffee for awhile, I sat and smelled it for about a minute before sipping it. Then I slowly drank it, really focusing on enjoying each sip. The interesting thing is that is smelled soooo good and tasted even better than I had remembered coffee tasting in a long time.

That got me thinking about other things in life that are taken for granted and not fully appreciated for what they bring to us. Do we actually need to give something up in order to fully appreciate it? Or perhaps it's just a state of mind for slowing down, being present, and focusing on fully enjoying it.

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Posted 4 months ago

Love Spam

I received this email today. Trying to figure out the marketing/scam angle as I can't imagine someone sending an email like this based on seeing a profile online:

I like your profile as well as your pics which seem to express you really well. As for me, I am a hard working, warm, outgoing & optimistic girl looking for the special someone to put on a pedestal and just have fun together.
I am a little adventurous and ambitious as well.

I would enjoy chatting some on here if you are up for it, and I hope to connect in a special way. If you will, tell me a little about you. What was your best first date? Have you ever been in love? Please let me know if you'd like to talk further. My e-mail  ##@##.com . Write me .

Regards,
Kiss

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Posted 4 months ago

Sioux City Musketeers 90-91 Overtime Goal


This is a highlight from the Sioux City Musketeers hockey team - 90-91 season. We were one of the worst teams in the league and were playing one of the top teams. The game was tied 6-6 in overtime. Our coach had come up with this crazy play where we would shoot the puck the length of the ice and if it had enough speed at the far corner it would bounce off an edge that stuck out on the Zamboni door and right in front of the net. Meanwhile, our forward would sprint down the ice and beat the defenseman to the puck. We all laughed at the coach but he made us practice it a bunch of times. Wouldn't you know it, it worked. I was the guy who shot the puck down the ice and Jim Fish was the one who scored the goal.

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Posted 5 months ago

Sunset in Seattle

       
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Evening views tonight from Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. I don't always take advantage of the nice things that are within an hour drive so it was nice to get out and enjoy the local scenery. I commuted to Seattle on the ferry in one of the pictures for 7 years. While the commute was long, I sometimes miss the daily views of Seattle and the Olympic Mountains.

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Posted 5 months ago