I can hear you holding your collective breath: where is today’s post? In all candor, I’m tapped out. I got nothing. Call in the reliever. It’s not as if there isn’t anything going on (with a reminder that we avoid politics). There is a new study on who clicks on online ads (fewer people than a year ago and only 8% of Internet users now account for 85% of all clicks). I have thoughts on that but there’s already been a lot written on the topic so I don’t think I have much to add. Then again, that may be a lesson in and of itself. Continue reading
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Post Its
I was talking to someone about Post It Notes this morning. As you may know, they are one of the world’s great accidental inventions. A chemist was trying to develop a super-strong glue and got something super weak instead. A bit later another scientist thought to use that failed glue to hold markers in his hymnal at church. Boom – Post It Notes! Continue reading
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Bees
I was coming in from a meeting yesterday and noticed a bunch of bumblebees collecting nectar from the plant next to the garage. Not really an unusual occurrence except that we had 40 MPH winds here yesterday. Somehow, the bees were doing their best to complete their work despite the atrocious wind. They weren’t going to let things they couldn’t control get them off track. They adjusted and moved on. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 