I got the best email in my inbox today. The Heaths are sending me a copy of their new book!: “Hi Julie, congrats, you are going to be receiving a free advance copy of our next book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard…. Expect to see it in 2-3 weeks — and [...]
by Julie on November 25, 2009
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I tend to pick up books to read in one of two way: either I pick them randomly off the shelf at a bookstore (rare, but it happens), or I hear about a book from more than one person. I picked up my most recent book, The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin after a friend recommended [...]
by Julie on November 14, 2009
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I’m speaking at Ignite Boulder on Wednesday at the Atlas Building about my trips to Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, and Denali. I still don’t know how I’ll do it in 5 minutes, but it’s worth a try. No preview other than the title screen, but I’ll post the slide show here after Wednesday. Here is the slide [...]
by Julie on October 27, 2008
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Americans suck at geography. No kidding. We are, as a nation, really clueless. Seems we don’t get out much. A shockingly small percentage of Americans even have passports. The Onion thinks maybe this would help. I try personally to move the curve a bit to the right by making it my mission to learn the [...]
by Julie on March 23, 2008
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