10 Strategies for Finding Quality Time to Produce Content
Part of my personal and professional job is creating content. Content for blogs, presentations, papers, emails, tweets, you name it. Contrary to popular belief, content can not just be created in a few seconds. It has to be born, nurtured, developed, rethought, rewritten, finalized and published. It’s an iterative process. And very personal. I wrote […]
From the Tablet Clutter and Chaos Comes “The 10 Tablet Commandments”
Apple has tablet competition…and lots of it. The iPad has been reigning supreme for over a year and only now are some possible contenders starting to pop up. The next iPad model is due in April, or so the rumors are saying. By all intents and purposes, Apple is well ahead in the tablet race […]
Two Celebrations of Life on the Same Day – Birthday & Memorial
Today is an interesting day for me. For starters, it is my 43rd birthday. But it is also a somber and reflective day as it was a memorial service and celebration of life for a neighbor of mine that passed away much too early in her life at 41. So my thoughts are mixed and […]
Happy New Years from Cast of Dads Podcast #38 – “Metal Donkeys & Pooping Penguins”
This is actually our second New Years show with the Cast of Dads. Last year, we were just starting out with the podcast…this year, we are on a roll and definitely looking forward to a successful 2011. We wanted to wish all of our followers and listeners a Happy and Prosperous New Years! As usual, […]
Funny New Ads Coming from Nissan – Dads, Kids and the Nissan Maxima & Altima
I don’t normally post articles about advertising campaigns but this new campaign coming out from Nissan got my attention for a few reasons, but mainly because they are “family oriented” and funny. The first of these ads depicts a couple who just found out that they are going to have a child. The (typical?) dad’s […]
Laughs on a Plane – Some SkyMall Product just make you say “Really??!!”
I haven’t been on a plane for quite a few years, but on my trip up to Oregon for the Intel Summit, “Upgrade Your Life,” I has the pleasure of reacquainting myself with one of my favorite travel magazines, SkyMall. I guess that people actually buy the stuff in here because SkyMall has been around […]
From Virtual to Physical – Actually Meeting Another Cast of Dads Member!
This past Tuesday, I had the good fortune to actually meet one of the Cast of Dads members in person, Jeff Sass from Dadomatic.com. Jeff happened to be in town for the SF MusicTech Summit and since I’m based in San Francisco, we managed to meet up at an event called SFBeta. Our backgrounds are […]
A Service Fee for Printed Statements? That’s Extortion!
Yesterday I received my wife’s New York & Co credit card statement and I noticed a charge that caught my attention. It was for $1 and had “Processing Fee” for the Transaction Description. I was a bit confused by the charge so I started reading the bill a bit more carefully to find out what […]
“From One End To The Other” (Literally) – Cast of Dads Podcast #16
From one end of the pool to the other? Nope! From the end of the universe and back again? Hardly! Let’s think about the main thing that kids seem to do…a lot…eat from one end and then send it out the other. Well, we had a lot of fun on Episode #16 of the Cast […]
How to Become a Kid Again – Get a New Gadget!
People have been searching for the Fountain of Youth for ever, the magic elixir that will keep them perpetually young. I hate to disappoint them, there really is no such thing. Youth comes from within, from your soul, your heart and your mind. If you want to be young, you will be. Conversely, you want […]
How To Fix the Failing US Education System – Commission-based Compensation for Teachers
I just had a “brilliant” idea on how to fix the failing US Education System. Well, perhaps not brilliant but hopefully thought-provoking. I don’t think that it would or could ever be implemented but I really think we need to start thinking outside the box in order to re-position the US globally in so many […]
The Ever-Changing Weather of the “Clouds” – What is Cloud Computing Anyway?
I would think that by now, many of you would have heard the term “Cloud” used when talking about Internet “stuff.” In passing, a common phrase thrown around is “it’s saved to the Cloud” or “it’s in the Cloud.” So, that’s fine, but many people don’t know what that really means. Hopefully, I can help […]