authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
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Husband, father, & motorcycle enthusiast. @MSUComArtSci educator. @MSUStratCom admin. @TedLasso student. Aiming for a life well lived. Follow on @jasonarcher

The Lawnmower Man

Recently I was on the campus of Wayne State University, a large public university, close to downtown Detroit, Michigan. I was meeting up with a mentor who was at a conference to go over some business development plans I was hoping to be vetted. I’d never been on campus before and was doing my best to find the correct building with my iPhone and Google Maps. As I was looking at a campus map...

Leading and Developing

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Who are you following? Who’s following you? One of the best books I’ve read on leadership is “The Shaping of an Effective Leader” by a hero of mine, Dr. Gayle D. Beebe. A key ingredient to his success at the highest levels of leadership is that he learned early to value people. A student of Peter Drucker, Beebe writes, “Our basic integrity and character are displayed in our willingness...

Editing Text Docs in Basecamp Mobile

For the past three years, our team has been using Basecamp for project management.  We love it.  After doing an exhaustive search for what we needed in collaborating with a virtual team model, we chose Basecamp.  Read more about how we use it. Multiple Platforms Most of us on the team have the greatest trifecta of productivity devices:  A MacBook, iPhone and iPad.  As Basecamp began to...

WWDC 2013

OSX Mavericks

After watching WWDC on my Apple TV, I was once again re-energized by the direction of Apple.  Phil Shiller said it best: “Can’t innovate anymore, my ass” I wholeheartedly agree.  Here is my recap of what I’m excited about from this event. Mac OSX Mavericks iCloud Keychain One of the increasingly largest challenges of navigating our digital life are passwords.  Large...

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