by Whitney | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A year ago November, my Grandma died. I have sent her flowers around the holidays for years, using a couple of different internet websites. As a result, I get email prompts to buy her flowers around her birthday and now around Christmas. My options are to...
by Whitney | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
I wanted to take a moment here and say thank you for everyone who has come by my blog this year, who has taken the time to engage with me, and who has given me the gift of attention, which is one of the more rare commodities these days. It’s been a crazy year of...
by Whitney | Dec 20, 2009 | economics, education, learning, Uncategorized
Businesses have cycles of good times and bad times. there also seems to be a larger trend of mergers and acquisitions, followed by splintering, spinoffs, and the rise of the small but feisty competition. Back when I was an undergrad in the mid-eighties, the Wharton...
by Whitney | Dec 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
I had a meeting with my Podcamp Philly organizing team today, and we talked about the wifi problem we battle every year. We tend to put Podcamps at Universities and colleges, in part because the facilities are perfect for an unconferences- a great mix of larger and...
by Whitney | Nov 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
I woke up this morning and wandered over to Chris Brogan’s blog and read all about his recent issues encountered when trying to buy a pair of Timberland Boots. I think the comments and Chris’s point may have gotten a bot lost in the shuffle, so I thought...
by Whitney | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Holiday season is gearing up, and the Season of Giving is upon us. After spending a week that involved both putting on the Web2Open and getting tons of support from friends for that event and on my first half marathon, it started me thinking a lot about giving...
