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Recently I have been seeing a lot of news about the splendor and spectacle that is the 2010 World’s Fair in Shanghai, China. This event is expected to attract between 70 and 100 million visitors, as countries, businesses, and entrepreneurs from around the world seek to gain access to the rapidly growing Chinese markets. Well economics aside, all this World’s Fair talk takes me back to a sweltering day in the summer of 1982 when …read more
It recently occurred to me that through the course of my life I have devoted way too much time to socks. Yes, socks. No, I don’t have some weird sock fetish or a creepy sock collection, but rather I have spent countless minutes here and there sifting through laundry baskets, rummaging through drawers, and searching aimlessly for matches to my various socks. Brown socks, blue socks, black socks, running socks, tube socks, argyle socks, each …read more
Yesterday I got to celebrate my birthday by having my very own social media conference – SummitUp. I highly recommend this as a way to celebrate your next birthday. (actually this was purely coincidence, but a nice one none the less.) The day was simply amazing. To give you an idea of how well things went, at least from my perspective, my biggest gripe for the day was that the coffee cups were roughly the …read more
Like every suburban white kid who grew up in the early 1980′s, I love and respect the Ninja. I am not sure if this affection is traced back to GI Joe’s nemesis Storm Shadow, the short lived show "The Master," readily available ninja throwing stars that you could pick up at the Upper Valley Mall, the Karate Kid, the Last Dragon, or any number of other 80′s depiction of mad martial arts skills. It is …read more
"Hi, my name is Dave, and I am a nerd… a nerd who is trying to get in shape by running every day even though running alone can be mundane. A nerd who is staying interested in running by gathering data about my running using an awesome gadget called Nike Plus. If you are a health conscious nerd like me, I encourage you to check out Nike Plus." Recently I wrote that I had started a …read more
I saw a commercial last week for one of my favorite films, the cult classic comedy Napoleon Dynamite. In addition to making me laugh, the commercial set me to thinking about Marketing. Specifically, I was thinking about the lesson that can be learned from the character Uncle Rico. Uncle Rico, masterfully played by Jon Gries, is summoned by Napoleon’s grandmother to watch over things while she recovers in the hospital from a dune buggy accident. …read more
My brother-in-law Geoff is one of the smartest and funniest people I know. The guy is a freaking nuclear engineer, a cycling enthusiast, a master of trivia, and one of the best story tellers I have ever met. Good news. Geoff just launched a blog titled It’s The Best I Could Do , where he will share his talents, humor, and insight with the rest of the world. A Daytonian now living in Charleston, SC, …read more
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