March 30, 2009 · 12:20 pm
I was having breakfast with a friend last week and we were talking about some of the things I do as a consultant. He was listening attentively as I rambled on about the various things I do for my clients in many different areas. When I took a breath, he said to me “at your core, you’re a diagnostician. You can call it a consultant, but in reality you are a business doctor, performing diagnoses. Just as a kidney guy specializes in one area but knows about the rest, you do that with digital media but you need to know about the rest as well because like a kidney, it’s all connected.” Continue reading →
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March 27, 2009 · 10:55 am
It’s Friday and that, in my book, spells food!
Someone with knowledge of my love of things meat-related sent me this link to a Paul Lukas piece on meat. Specifically, he runs his own little bracket tournament by placing various cuts of specific proteins into an “eat-off” to determine the final four best cuts. Specifically, the winners of the beef region, the pork region, the sausage region, and something called the “Meatscellaneous Region” face off. Continue reading →
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March 26, 2009 · 12:48 pm
I admit it: I’m an American Idol addict. I watch every week – both nights. OK? You’ve got my secret vice front and center. You happy now? Oh wait – maybe that’s not my secret vice. Maybe it’s really that I keep finding business lessons in fluff such as Idol! Continue reading →
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