Dave Sabol

As I have been watching the preliminary ideas on the “blizzard”, “snow storm”, “system” that is supposed to effect the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic come in from a myriad (Accuweather, NWS, Weather Channel, etc.) I have noticed that there is a tremendous deviation on how each are interpreting the same raw data that is being provided [...]

Wow, it looks like we could be in for quite a storm over the next few days. I suspected as much given the excitement late last week at Accuweather.com. Some how they just knew this was going to be the “big daddy storm” everyone in the mid-Atlantic was waiting for. Now, I guess all that [...]

Since I have been bitten with the blogging bug, I have found that ideas for post don’t always come when I am conveniently located at a computer. Many ideas hit me during my 60-mile commute to work or on the return trip home. Ideas also seem to magically appear during some of the most regular [...]

I’m not sure if it’s just me or not, but I can’t take a winter without snow. I guess from my perspective if we are going to be forced to deal with shorter days and the cold the snow might as well come along as a package deal. One of my hobbies (passions) is the [...]

There is an obvious gap between when I last posted and now. I can rationalize why in two broad strokes. The first was travel time. I left Hong Kong on Monday, 26 January 2007 at 10:00 PM (local time) or Monday, 26 January 2007 at 9:00 AM (EST). I touched down at SFO (San Francisco [...]

The combination of the time change and the hectic schedule really does a number on your sleep pattern so it was nice to be able to sleep in to a relatively late 6:30. It’s not the same for all of the staff from my organization as some will be staying on for a few additional [...]

I decided to write about the past two days at the same time because honestly they were more about work than anything else and since I was doing the same thing two posts seems rather redundant. We kicked off our Leadership meeting early Saturday morning and my job was to run a demonstration table showing [...]

In response to a challenge from a free and open software group, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to re-examine all 44 claims of a patent that covers e-learning tools.Patent No. 6,988,138, awarded last year to the academic technology company Blackboard, is titled “Internet-based education support system and methods.” It involves the ability [...]

Well for anyone who is really paying attention to the details of what I have been writing, it should have been quite obvious that I mentioned the fact that I am on a business trip yet I have spent an inordinate amount of time sightseeing. In all honesty, it hasn’t been all play and no [...]

Fortunately for me, my numerous calls to U.S. Air and Singapore Air finally paid off, at least in terms of giving me some peace of mind. Little did I know that the concierge at the Grand Hyatt was on top of the situation from the moment I checked in. Around 10:30 in the morning I [...]