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Vinoriffic is Live

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:09:40 -0400

Christine and I developed an iPhone / iPod Touch application which lets you keep track of wines that you like and even buy them online. Version 1.0 turned out fairly well, but we’re enthusiastic to get feedback from users to enhance it for 2.0. Check it out. If you like it or think it has potential, put a good review on the app store. If you don’t like it, don’t review it. :-) Just send us an email and tell us how we can make it better for you.

Family Vacation 2008

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:10:54 -0400

With the change in jobs last year, all four of us did not get to go on vacation. So this year we headed to Florida to see the Grandma, the Keys, Orlando and a surprise or two along the way.

Photo Update

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:06:29 -0500

Well Christmas is almost upon us. Happy Holidays to everyone. We did not get a chance this year to do our traditional Christmas Letter due to the writers strike. :-)

Here are some photos of the kids to make up for it.

Goodbye IHG

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 21:51:21 -0400

After 17 years, I (Chuck) decided to leave InterContinental Hotels Group (formerly Six Continents, Holiday Hospitality, Bass Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn).

After a torturous re-org, I determined that it was finally time to move on. Internal turmoil and politics created an unfriendly and unproductive environment. I only know too well that it will take a couple of years to sort it all out (you don’t work at a company for 17 years without experiencing this a few times). At this point in my career, I wasn’t interested in trying to stick it out. It’s a great company, I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and am very grateful for the experience.

After departing in April, I worked independently as a User Experience Professional for several months. For the last several years at IHG, I was responsible for the Experience Design Team - working to do what’s right for the customer and make their experience with the company the best it could be.

On October 1, 2007 I joined OneSpring, a small consulting firm in Atlanta. I now help companies define better product/project requirements and improve usability in innovative new ways. I am proud to have worked with clients such as Delta Airlines, Wachovia, Equifax, King & Spalding, Cox Communications and Cbeyond in my short tenure there. I am really excited for the future. We’re growing fast and have a lot of phenomenal plans.

Escaping the heat, looking for meteors

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:09:35 -0400

On Friday, August 10, we decided we’d had enough of the 100+ temps and booked a cabin for Saturday and Sunday nights. Saturday we fit in soccer, a birthday party, a Christine work-thing, a refrigerator repair (unsuccessful) and packed the car! It was wonderful to reach Double Knob Mountain and see the temps dip into the 70’s for the first time in weeks. We stayed in Little Bear Paw cabin and were stunned and excited to see a bear walk by our front door about an hour after we unpacked the car! Despite hyper-vigilance, we didn’t spot any more bear that weekend. We tried to view the Persiad meteor shower, but the clouds and haze didn’t cooperate. We did manage to fit in the kids’ first round of putt putt though!