Updating Education

I sit on the Technology Committee for our local School District.  We are so very lucky to have a set of tech guys who understand that the world is changing rapidly, and their job is not only to keep the computers and tech infrastructure running, but their job is to...

Searching Walled Gardens…

I’m still getting caught up on podcasts that got the better of me recently, but the one that caught my attention was one of NPR’s Planet Money podcast about Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and an effort to make certain media content...

Listening as a Business Skill

Sometimes when I am talking to a client, I ask questions they make think are irrelevant to the topic at hand.  Part of the reason for these question is that for me, I use the information about how a client feels about a project as part of the overall design of what...

How Social Media Works

I heard about Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man, through Seth Godin.  I read about Max in Seth’s Meatball Sundae book, and this was reinforced by the blog post/interview with Seth on Hugh McLeod’s (@gapingvoid) website.  Ever since, I’ve been...