ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

The Saga of the Spinach Caserole

This is another post I originally posted on LinkedIn. Sharing here to keep a good history of the article. That original post can be viewed here. So, each year for Thanksgiving I make two dishes – by request.A cheesecake (some say it’s glorious, some bow, others simply whisper its name), and a parmesan spinach that has become… well… a thing … Read more

Feedback – two way street

This is a copy of a post I placed on LinkedIn. Feedback its a Two-Way Street:  The Gift You Must Be Ready to Receive At work we often hear and read complaints about the lack of feedback. Team members claim they crave it, and we as leaders, strive to provide it. But there’s an unspoken truth: many of those asking for … Read more

Bones for Homes by Elijah

This is a Great cause! Take a moment and go buy a T-Shirt to help support the rescuing of Dogs in our area!           Here’s a little info on Bones for Homes: Bones for Homes by Elijah is the dream of seven year old Elijah. He was devastated after learning that some animals in shelters must … Read more

Tired Teachers

As a husband of a Teacher, this is right on. This video is from a recent Knox County School board meeting… A teacher gives her opinion about the new evaluation process for teachers in Tennessee.

Pre-Order your ZuneHD!

The other Day Gizmodo and others leaked information about the official release date and prices for the new Zune HD.  If you missed those posts here’s the “skinny”. According to Microsoft the new Zune HD will officially be available starting September 15, 2009.  Originally we thought the release date was set for September 5, then later we heard it had … Read more

New Start

This, I guess, can be tagged as my first “Official” entry… Getting ready to make some MAJOR changes to my main site: Owen Consulting and also to: Southern Brass Quintet Well… In preparing for the new changes at the main site I though I would go ahead and work a version of the new banner into this Blog design. I … Read more

Large Hadron Collider

CERN's Large Hadron Collider… Info via Wikipedia: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing particle beams, of either protons at an energy of 7 TeV/particle, or lead nuclei at an energy of 574 TeV/nucleus. The Large Hadron Collider was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) with the … Read more