Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently com­posed an open let­ter to users of Google, ask­ing them to get involved in the bat­tle over net neu­tral­ity.  The issue is near­ing a vote in con­gress, and the time to make your voice heard is now.  If you feel that the Inter­net should remain a free forum for communications, […]

Drive around Day­ton, Ohio on a sunny Sat­ur­day, and you are sure to see dozens of mas­cots try­ing to rent you an apart­ment. From Tig­ger to Spi­der­man, Clowns to Kings they are lit­er­ally every­where. I took a pic­ture of this guy about a month ago. He, or some­one else from his com­pany, stands out on […]

My friend Doug Dock­ery made my day. Doug started a blog a few weeks ago, and in a recent post he said that I was one of the peo­ple who helped to intro­duce him to blog­ging. I inspired him, which feels pretty damn good. Three weeks into it, Doug is now offi­cially hooked on blogging, […]

Look Out! Are you in dan­ger of falling into a “mar­ket­ing pot­hole?” Check out Seth Godin’s recent posts on avoid­ing these all too com­mon obsta­cles to suc­cess. Seth’s blog is always a great read, but these posts are excep­tional. Per­son­ally I like the third post. I occa­sion­ally find myself falling into the trap of “what […]

Should large telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions com­pa­nies be given the right to con­trol the con­tent of the inter­net or should the net remain an open forum for all to con­tribute? The issue, know as net neu­tral­ity, is being debated in the halls of con­gress and the board­rooms of busi­nesses, and the out­come will have a major impact on […]

What the magic 8 ball is to deci­sion mak­ing, Rock, Paper, Scis­sors is to con­flict res­o­lu­tion. Now arrives proof that you can make any­thing bet­ter, or at least more enter­tain­ing, with Rock, Paper Scis­sors 25 –an updated ver­sion of the clas­sic hand ges­ture game. The new ver­sion includes man, woman, air, cock­roach, fire, the devil, […]