Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Holder

Great afternoon (and evening) of football yesterday and both games ended on last second field goal attempts. One was good; the other not so much – as if you weren’t watching live or are otherwise aware by now.

Mason Crosby kicks a field goal during a Green...

Image via Wikipedia

One kicker left the field overjoyed and the other hung his head, mirroring the feelings of their fans. Being a kicker is hard – you’re the guy who shoulders a lot of the blame (I’m sure Scott Norwood‘s name is still cursed in Buffalo) when there’s a last second loss even though you were off the field for 59 minutes of the game. Which of course reminds me of a huge business point to be taken away.
Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under Reality checks

What Paula Deen Teaches Us

As you may have heard, earlier this week celebrity chef Paula Deen admitted she has had type 2 diabetes for the last few years, and since she’s a food person it seemed an appropriate topic for Foodie Friday.  I’ll begin by saying that I’m sorry to hear that she has the disease.  Apparently she also has a marketing arrangement with a drug company to be a spokesperson for their diabetes drug.

Paula Deen holds court

Image by Bristol Motor Speedway & Dragway via Flickr

More about that next week.  Today, I want to talk about some of the things she had to say this week and what they have to do with a sane approach to business.  It a horrible disease, and what she had to say is, in my mind, not much better.  But let’s see what you think.

Continue reading

Leave a comment

Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks

Back To The Garden

Remember the song “Woodstock“? Joni Mitchell wrote it, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young made it famous. One lyric is

We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil’s bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Woodstock

Image via Wikipedia

I thought of that last night as I listened to an excellent discussion of Google+ and Facebook at the tech meet-up I attend monthly. What does one have to do with the other? Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under digital media