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Author: Wayne Willis

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Moving To The Cloud in 2012

ByWayne Willis February 3, 2012January 25, 2018

I told a friend recently that I wanted to “move to the cloud” in 2012.  He asked, “What does that mean?” It means dematerializing life as much as possible.  Fewer possessions.  Fewer claims. Less “stuff” to worry about.  And that is a good thing. I’m more interested in having access than I am in ownership. …

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It’s Us Against The World

ByWayne Willis January 7, 2012January 25, 2018

This is an awesome song from Coldplay’s new Album, Mylo Xyloto It’s Us Against The World Oh morning come bursting, the clouds, Amen. Lift off this blindfold, let me see again And bring back the water, let your ships roll in. In my heart she left a hole The tightrope that I’m walking just sways…

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Adulthood | Family | Personal

Willis Walkabout Down Under, 1995

ByWayne Willis December 4, 2011March 10, 2018

When I was leading Voice-tel (1991-1995), we opened a number of operations in Australia and New Zealand as part of an international expansion effort.  I flew to Sydney in early February of 1995 to meet with the management there for the first time.  A week later, Debi, Pat and Tyler flew in during winter vacation…

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Personal | Youth

Ft. Myers – September To December 71

ByWayne Willis September 11, 2011March 10, 2018

The Redpaths had let us use the guest house in Ft. Myers Beach for a couple of the fall months as a sort of honeymoon present. The small, one-bedroom cottage was a great place to relax, cook, sort out our domestic roles, discuss the future we wanted (which, in retrospect SHOULD have been done earlier…

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Factory Tours Anyone?
Childhood & Adolescence

Factory Tours Anyone?

ByWayne Willis September 5, 2011November 24, 2022

Growing up, I got to experience something that seems to have receded from modern life, if not disappeared — the Factory Tour. I was reminded of factory tours when Debi invited me to go see the TCHO Factory Tour on Pier 17 in San Francisco a few months back.  It was interesting to sit on…

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Personal | Youth

Fort Meyers Beach, James M.S. Johnson

ByWayne Willis August 29, 2011March 10, 2018

I was introduced to Fort Myers Beach, Florida, by the Redpaths, who had a family house, guesthouse and garage there, on a property that was right on the beach. I have visited them many times there during their wintertime visits (aka “snowbirds” heading south for the winter), my first visit being in March of 1970,…

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