My sincere hope is that someone from the airline industry sees this post and tells me why the scenario I experienced this morning must ever happen. I’m not talking about why it happens sometimes. I mean why it is even possible for something like this to happen. In a nutshell, the seat assignments I was … Continue reading
Because my mother taught me that if I don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all, I’ll start with this: The Stanley Hotel is pretty. Very pretty, in fact, when you walk around the exterior grounds and then enter the lobby. That is all I can say that is nice. I … Continue reading
The Spanish national soccer team, nicknamed La Furia Roja, earned their spot in the quarterfinals of the European Championship, most likely the most competitive soccer tournament in the world, today, which is a step in the right direction to defending their status as the best national team side in the world. Despite topping their group … Continue reading
I’ve been perplexed by the strength and tone of the backlash against Pinterest by some well-respected names in the the nonprofit social media world. I kept asking myself, “why are people being pins in the mud about Pinterest?” Pins In The Mud? Geoff Livingston recently wrote a post titled What’s the ROI of Pinterest? where … Continue reading
According to a Harvard Business School study, start-up companies fail at a rate of about 40%. Certainly, there are many factors that play into that failure rate. I’d like to talk about one specific issue that I have noticed, and personally struggled with, that impacts start-ups, software start-ups in particular. I call it the Maven … Continue reading
UPDATE: It seems like you CAN tag other users in Pinterest. Either I was wrong, or the good folks at Pinterest reacted quickly. If you’re at all active in social networks, you’ve probably come across the name Pinterest at least a few times. Pinterest is one of a few social networks that have a strong … Continue reading
I recently finished Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, which includes The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, and I found myself is a strange state of mind. I’m sure you’ve already heard that these books cover some dark subjects. In fact, these is … Continue reading
I recently read an article by Michael Brito called Social Business: Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch in which Michael builds on an interview of a senior IBM social evangelist. The gist, as you may have been able to deduce from the article title, is that a business will not be able to become a social … Continue reading
This holiday season, I knew I was going to be home with my two kids a lot, and I started thinking about ways that I could make sure we had some activities ready for each day, without locking things down too much. I used two main ideas and they worked out really well. Here is … Continue reading
For my birthday, my wonderful wife got us tickets to the recent Bastrop Fire Relief Fundraiser Concert held here in Austin. The line up for this concert was crazy, including Willie Nelson, The Dixie Chicks, Lyle Lovett, George Strait, and Asleep at the Wheel plus a whole bunch of surprise guests like Shawn Colvin and … Continue reading
