Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

This was a funny photo that I took of a sculpture of legs sitting in the arm chair--and it is supposed to represent minimalism. No need ...

The global Jewish community has been rocked by the abduction of 3 teenagers (ages 16, 16, and 19) by Hamas , a terrorist organization ...

I was so proud this week to see some true customer service excellence from a colleague.  Someone had run out of toner and they had put i...

For funny Friday, here's a photo that I took of the Toilet Coffee Mug (for real).  It's cute in a certain miniaturized way, bu...

I remember as a kid, when I was around 10 years old, we moved, and I had to change schools, and there was an adjustment period.  My fath...

About 20 years ago, we took on a little family activity to put together this 1000 piece puzzle of the Western Wall ("The Kotel")...

Shhh! This is the story of drones.  Drones continue to go from battlefield to backyard.  Initially, developed for advanced persistent ...

I took this photo of a sign at the Metro station to the Reagan National Airport by Washington, D.C.  "Expect The Unexpected"...

This has been an enormously tough year with the loss of my mom, my dad going into assisted living, and my hip replacement and complication...

This was funny photo my wife and I took in a medical practitioner's office.  Above the floodlights, was a picture of these staring e...

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journa l  about how the Federal government is falling to attract young people.  "Employees u...

Christopher Mims in the Wall Street Journal  makes the case for letting employees go rogue with IT purchases. It's cheaper, it...

A colleague told me a good saying from the Navy Seals.  "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast." The idea is that when we slow ...

I have always been intrigued by simple solutions to complex problems. Bloomberg Businessweek has a great example of how a Fulbright Sch...

Absolutely loved the article and video in Bloomberg Businessweek on the Tankchair . Brad Soden makes these amazing ruggedized wheelchai...

From the searing ashes of six million murdered in the Holocaust,  G-d remembered the Jewish people,  and restored them to the promised ...

This was something amazing that really gave me pause.  In the physical therapy center, hanging on the wall, encased in this wooden...

I like this short video on advances in Augmented Reality by Applied Research Associates (ARA). ARA supports DARPA's Urban Leader Tact...

This nice gentlemen who works in the medical profession was telling me a funny story today. He grew up amidst a collection of small vill...

According to the  Wall Street Journal , workers "value kindness in their boss" and compassion--this is natural, as we are all hu...

It's been only about 4 months since my mom passed, and now my dad becomes very sick from chemotherapy and ends up in the h...

Please see my new article here in Public CIO Magazine on how we can learn from the technology industry to improve our nation's govern...

Today, I found out from my sister-in-law, Cheryl, that my wife's favorite doll as a child was a Raggedy Ann doll that she always carri...

My daughter, Rebecca, sent me this photo that she took of these yellow flowers. I love how crisp and alive the flowers look, and the mor...

Day 4...pain gradually subsiding, walking improving. Still pushing my body...walk, ice, walk, ice.  But more than the physical, I real...

The polar ice caps are melting--does anyone believe it or care?   According to the Wall Street Journal , the Antarctica alone holds 60% ...

Came out of the hospital yesterday. Able to walk with a walker--thankful for this miracle already. Thanks to good 'ol technology...

So surgery was yesterday around 11 am. I was asleep under anesthesia before I ever even got to the operating room, so can't remember...

So I'm at a new medical practioner, and he sees on my information sheet that I am scheduled to have some orthopedic surgery.  He c...

Just want to wish my lovely wife a very happy Mother's Day.  My wife is a big feminist! She doesn't like to do too much c...

So was Edward Snowden a whistleblower (some even call him a patriot ) or one of the most ruthless spies this country has ever known? An ...

A fundamentalist Muslim terrorist group, Boko Haram, kidnapped 276 schoolgirls this week in Nigeria.  After torching their village ...

Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal about going to mock prison to get away from the stresses of life. Ok, so you know your ...

So I am at this place of business this evening, and I overhear someone trying to apply for a job. Note, I feel bad for the guy who is ...

Great new medical examination device from Tyto Care . Handheld, mobile, cloud-based solution for performing a basic medical examination, ...

Amazing new dual 37 story residential towers in Mumbai, India called the Aquaria Grande. And it features...glass balcony pools! I doub...

So this is what a new hip looks like. Well almost, anyway--this is a small-scale model of one. About 300,000 people per year benefit...