You can contact me on linkedin.com or email (john at oduinn dot com).
Bio
John has a unique combination of in-depth expertise in Silicon Valley startups and multinational technology companies, US Federal and state government operations at scale, and rural economic development initiatives.
John’s book “Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart” (1st ed. 2018, expanded 2nd ed. 2021, expanded 3rd edition due mid 2026) features his ongoing work on the environmental, community and economic benefits of distributed teams. As a technologist and senior advisor, he has worked in distributed organizations of one form or another for 32 years, led distributed teams for 19 years, run workshops and mentored distributed teams for 13 years. As part of this work, John helped the U.S. State of Vermont write their 2018 “Remote Worker” law, the U.S. State of California write their 2021 Telework Policy and helped with a range of economic development and digital modernization projects.
John’s first experience working in government service was in the Obama White House in the U.S. Digital Service, as a computer systems engineer working on a range of mission-critical technical projects. In April 2022, John rejoined federal service, this time at the General Services Administration as a Senior Advisor helping with various “Future of Work” initiatives, including on the President’s Management Agenda and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. In April 2024, John joined the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a Senior Advisor to the Chief Human Capital Officer, working on various initiatives to accelerate the largest hiring phase at the IRS in over 20 years.
As a government-wide people leader, culture coach and engineering operations leader, John fosters accessible, inclusive, experience-focused change. Leaders who have worked with John know they can rely on him for tools and best practices related to effective, empowering, and purposeful leadership, change management, strategic workforce planning while cultivating a trusted, humane and highly operational culture.
I saw your post in 2007 about how to restore Palm Desktop. I am DESERATE!
My computer had to be wiped to install Windows 10. I still have the software and installed it. Now I am trying to take the folder of data and put it back so I can access it through the software. I have not been able to get it to “See” this user data.
I don’t have the Device anymore, so I have no way to Hotsync anything.
Please tell me if you know of a way to resolve connecting my data back to the software so I can retrieve my data.
Thank you!
tammy.burgess@hotmail.com
Did you ever get anyone to help you with reading your data files for Palm OS Desktop? I have the same problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.