Shifting Frames of Reference

My friend, Chris Brogan, has a couple of interesting blog posts discussing Selling and Buying that caught my attention today.  They resonated particularly because I think  we understand any social or financial transaction better if we understand the person standing on...

When to Believe the Hype- The Hop Movie

Every once in a while, I participate in a blogger outreach promotion. Usually, it’s got to be something of interest to me or something I think you might be interested in, and something that seems authentic. So when an offer came my way through Social Moms to...

Trying to Understand Standards

A couple of times a day, I spend a few minutes catching up on the news. Today, two articles appeared that may seem totally unrelated, but bring up larger questions. The first is one from Salon.Com, discussing Journalistic Irony- In a nutshell, it discusses how the...

Nickel and Dimed to Death

Or- The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences The World seems to be in chaos on both global and local scales. Food and fuel prices are going up. Banks are raising ATM fees. Baggage fees are going up on airlines, meaning folks will cram more and more into those overheads...