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Granville Island Water Park Sept 08 on Vimeo

Rodney Bartlett — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:09:55 +0000

Fun times at the Granville Island water park on the last day that it was open for 2008. A bit cold but overall a fun way to end the summer.

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Rodney Bartlett on Twitter

Rodney Bartlett — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:13:06 +0000

I’m twittering… What are you up to?

Twittering… sounds like I’m wasting time or twiddling my thumbs. It is a bit hard for a rural Kansas boy to get into Twitter. Seems like it is just something to fill my time. None the less I out there twittering. You can find me at http://www.twitter.com/rodneyb

False Creek Concert 2008

Rodney Bartlett — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:14:35 +0000

Caleb’s first of many school concerts. The play was called “It’s Saturday” Enjoy the video. In 15 years when he is a big start you can say.. “I knew him when…”

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False Creek Sports Day 2008 Video

Rodney Bartlett — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:07:50 +0000

We got some pics up of this event but thought a little video would be nice as well. Just in case you were wondering… the green team (caleb’s team) won the competition…but who’s really keeping score, right?

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Interview with Craig Newmark of Craigslist

Rodney Bartlett — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:20:12 +0000

Well seems like forever since I posted to this blog. Actually it has not been forever only a couple of months.

I’ve been in Las Vegas the last few days at PubCon 2007. It is a conference for webmasters interested in learning how to improve their search engine rankings and gain skills for marketing on the internet. A really useful conference so far. Yesterday there was a keynote address from Craig Newmark the founder of Craig’s list. Never met the guy before or read much about him, but he is a great guy super down to earth and genuine.

In his speech there were 2 things that stood out to me.

1. Doing what feels right
2. Treating others the way you want to be treated.

Doing what “feels right” Those were Craig’s words and taken out of context they might make you think some strange things. Craig made that comment when talking about the decision not to place banner ads on Craig’s list. Placing ads on the site would have generated HUGE amounts of income, but he didn’t think it “felt right” because the user would not appreciate the ads. It is sort of nice to meet a guy who is not concerned only with making more money. He really challenged me.

Secondly treating others the way you want to be treated. Sounds reasonable right? I mean that is what I teach my kids at home “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” We even sing a song about it at our house. In fact we have 2 songs that we sing with those exact words. Simple stuff but definitely hard to do. Craig just reminded me that treating others with value, dignity and respect is not just for kids. Its for big people to and can even be for businesses as well.

Anyway, good stuff from Craig and good conference so far. I was able to do a short interview with Craig for the company that I am working for called Reachd. I hope you enjoy it.

Elevator Adventure

Rodney Bartlett — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:20:10 +0000

This may be one of those experiences that you probably have to witness to appreciate, but I’m going to write about it anyway. I was tired of being in the apartment, but it was a bit chilly outside, so I called some of my friends in the building with small kids to join us in the meeting room. I also had the bright idea of bringing the kid’s basketball goal downstairs too. And, of course, if you have a goal, you need balls. Caleb took a cart with four balls in it, Emily took her walking toy, Jesse just ran as fast as he could down the hallway, and I drug the basketball goal and base (partially filled with water) down to the elevator. There wasn’t too much excitement on the way down and we had fun playing basketball for about five minutes or so. The rest of the time, the kids ran around the room and played foozball. After an hour and a half of fun, we left with my friend Amber, her newborn, and two-year old to go back to our apartments for dinner. While I’m trying to drag the basketball goal down the hall, Emily and Jesse run ahead and get in the elevator. To save them from getting shut in the elevator, Amber and her two, with a stroller dash into the elevator. Caleb joins them with his cart of balls and I squeeze in with the basketball goal and base. All is well until we reach the 6th floor where Amber needs to get off. She was in the back corner with me and my junk trapping her in. Three of the five kids run out of the elevator and down the hall. While I’m still trying to move the cart, Emily is trying to squeeze out and screaming in protest. I shove the cart into the hallway, Emily darts out, and Amber gets the stroller out. By then the bell rings because the door has been open too long and the door is shutting on me. Amber shouts “I’ll take the kids and you get the junk back upstairs!”

While I was putting my things away, Amber was chasing the kids down the hall. When she got to her apartment, she realized one of the kids was missing! “Caleb, where’s your brother?” “I don’t know!” Amber soon realizes that Jesse has let himself into her apartment because “I have to pee!”

So, the question is…Was it worth it? probably not, but it sure gave us something to laugh about!

New Part-Time work

Rodney Bartlett — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:46:14 +0000

It has been an quite a period of transition for us over the last several months as I’ve started to work part-time. I’m a contractor working with a company called Ubertor. We host web-sites for real estate agents. It is a unique market and I’ve already learned a ton about the real estate buisness. I sort of went into the job with mixed feelings. Tiff and I moved to Vancouver 4.5 years ago and our main focus has been trying to help start the bridge, a new church in Vancouver. The bridge is the reason that we came to Vancouver and I’ve been working exclusively for the Bridge for the last several years. I say I went into the job with mixed feelings because I was afraid that my heart or my desire for the success of the Bridge would diminish with the start of this new job. I’m happy to say that just the opposite of that has happened. The new work has caused me to be more sure and more committed at the Bridge. My time to do Bridge work is now limited, but this has caused me to strive to be more focused and work harder in the time that I do have. Overall I guess I’ve found that my heart is not divided. I can still work with all of my heart as working for God and not man whether I’m working a secular Job or working for the Church. I want to do my work as best I can in order to please my earthly boss and my Heavenly Boss (aka Jesus).

1st post

Rodney Bartlett — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:34:50 +0000

We have blogged a little, but we are finally making a commitment to it. If you click on the link above called monthly letter you will see the newsletter we send out each week. Hopefully we’ll keep this thing up better than we did with our website. Check back often to see little tidbits of our lif in Vancouver.

Cheers