It’s Thanksgiving Day in the US, the day when we stop to give thanks for all the wonderful things that have happened to us in the past year. This year I’m thankful: For family, friends, and you, my readers. For having a great job with NameMedia, where I look forward to working every day. A place where there are more years of social media and online community experience than exist at any other 10 companies combined. That my friends and…
I posted on Dadomatic.com about my weekends cooking endeavors with my daughters, calling the story “Cooking Up a Memory“. Basically, the story is about cooking chicken noodle soup with my daughters. But indeed, as with so many things, its really about so much more… …Instead, I got the girls together and asked them where chicken noodle soup comes from, and out came the invevitable answers: “The store…no wait, Campbells.” offered the older one. The younger one laughs, “A can.” …
Just when I thought there was a Social Media Review site for everything, Lenovo’s turned the hose back on Social Media itself and launched Discover Social Media – a site with social media reviews of social media sites. The site has been built under the umbrella of the LenovoSocial.com which offers a range of social offerings, some Lenovo specific such as the Lenovo Blogs and Lenovo Forums, and others such as the lenovoVideoLibrary and lenovoPhotoLibrary which are more general in…
Better known as Jimi Hendrix’s drummer. Mitch Mitchell passed away this week in Portland Oregon yesterday after completing the “Experience Jimi Hendrix” tour. RIP Mitch…thanks for the music. This video is from the legendary Isle of Wight Festival.
I spent a significant part of the last decade working for a company that was in an utter fight for its survival in a declining market. We had layoffs almost every 6 months for the 7 years I was there. I’m repeatedly told I’m “old school”. Maybe you could all use a little “old school” advice for working in troubled economic times: Companies are going to have to restructure – those that are configured for rapid growth will need to…
Okay, the election is over, so now we can get back to business. Congrats/condolences to you, depending on your point of view. Now we can put the arguments aside and get onto the topic of the economy. Whether or not it’s a simple case of panic or a fundemental problem in our system, it’s time to get the situation solved before it becomes a blight that affects us for the next 20 years. A few more random observations from…
It is looking like John McCain will lose, and depending on the poll, not by much. If he does lose by a slim margin, then we will be able to attribute his loss to the bill that bears his name, the McCain/Feingold Act, which is the common name for the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. You see, at the root is this: John McCain elected to take public funds in the spriit of the bill he co-sponsored. In doing…
Okay, this will be the last Red Sox post of the year. The boys put up a valient effort and gave us some utterly gut wrenching baseball the past few nights. There isn’t much I can say, the better team did win in the end, despite an incredible, heroic, effort by the Sox, The boys at SurvivingGrady.com sum it up best: Yeah, losing sucks. It always sucks. But after 2004, it just doesn’t hurt as bad. Instead of busting out…
My latest post at Dad-o-matic is up, “The Halloween Costume: It’ll Give You Nightmares” with tips for costume rules for tween age girls: Halloween is cold, so no exposed skin. When it doubt, wear a leotard. If the costume would display your belly button, you’re wearing a leotard. Halloween involves a lot of walking, you should wear appropriate shoes. Spike heels have no place on young girls. If the costume is too suggestive, as defined by your dad, you’re not…
TBS found their way into the anals (mispelling intentional) of sports history last night by bringing us “The Steve Harvey Game” when a router went bad in their Atlanta, rendering them technically unable to show the pregame or first inning of the Red Sox vs. Tampa Rays game 6 ALCS series. A few random observations: