So Google+ turns a year old. 17 interesting things you should know.So after a short writing hiatus due to moving, work, and life I figure it’s appropriate to break my fast by writing about a subject very near and dear to my heart – Google+.As I sit here and write this on the eve of Google+’s FIRST BIRTHDAY, I am overwhelmed by lots of … [Read more...]
How to Value a Home: Common Sense Over Emotion
The emotional play – it does work The other day during the annual GenBlue conference, Coldwell Banker debuted their new commercial. It’s an emotional approach to “How to Value a Home” featuring the iconic voice of Tom Selleck. It’s well done, no doubt about it. When you watch it, you’d have something wrong with you it it doesn’t evoke some sort of … [Read more...]
Don’t Believe the Hype
I read a post on Lockergnome the other day where Chris Pirillo answered a question someone posed to him about buying a new laptop now or waiting until Windows 8 is out. Do you remember Windows 7? You know that Microsoft Operating System that just had its second birthday this past Friday? To put things in perspective, there were over five years … [Read more...]
A smarter way to think about success: failure
Seth Godin is smart. I guess this interview would be considered an oldie but a goody since it's from a few years back but I thought it was reliant given what we are going through in this country right now, particularly in business. In this interview, he talks about the virtues of quitting in a society that very much frowns upon it. I agree with him … [Read more...]