by Whitney | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
What’s it been like to be a mom? Especially as a I have a son heading off to college in the fall, it’s a time of reflection, joy and a bit of fear rolled into one. I wrote this a few months ago for another purpose, but this seems a perfect time to bring...
by Whitney | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
There’s been a big social media dust up this week, after the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch made comments about limiting the sizes he sells so only the beautiful people shop there. Turns out, according to Forbes, Abercrombie is already floundering against...
by Whitney | Apr 30, 2013 | business, community, Discovery, explanations, Marketing, Uncategorized
One of the great discussions over the weekend at BarCamp News Innovation/Creation Camp, Started by Greg Linch from the Washington Post was about how ideas spread, and discussing what elements might exist to make something go “viral”. There was another...
by Whitney | Apr 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
In life, there are economic and legal contracts, and there are social contracts. While most of the economic contracts are detailed in writing, and everyone (should) know the ground rules, social contracts are a bit different. Social contracts are those agreements we...
by Whitney | Mar 29, 2013 | explanations, finance, Uncategorized
There’s been noise in the news lately about how the State and Federal government is looking towards imposing sales tax on internet or e-commerce businesses for the first time. This will mean a lot of changes in the way business is done online, and it’s...
by Whitney | Mar 22, 2013 | education, Uncategorized
I attended the Finance Committee meeting for our School Board earlier this week. The bottom line is that due to no interest on investments, reduced income from property taxes and reassessment of homes, no new growth in the area, etc. we are having to do the same or...