Farewell, Summer

As the sun set on Labor Day, my friend, Duane Hallock, posted the following message to Facebook (along with one of his awesome photographs), “Unofficially, summer has now come to an end.”  He’s right.  The days are getting shorter, the kids are back in school, the weather is a touch cooler… the air feels like […]

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Digital Communications… and the Loss of Inflection

One thing I love about email and text messaging and social media is the level of efficiency and speed with which one can communicate.  It’s quick, it’s easy and, usually, it’s succinct.  In about 140 characters – give or take – one can share information, ask a question, gain answers with the click of a […]

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The Thing About Free

The thing about free stuff is that, well, it’s free.  In the spirit of “you get what you pay for” and “you don’t value what you don’t pay for,” free is not always the best price to pay. One of my clients – before he was a client – once said to me, “I’d like […]

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