Category Archives: Living in the World Today

Do you have ‘pure’ experiences anymore?

It was this past Saturday afternoon and before getting started on helping cook dinner I found myself alone at home at just the moment the Baltimore Raven – Denver Bronco NFL Divisional Playoff game took place. Yes I know, funny … Continue reading

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A $10 bottle of wine isn’t what it used to be

If you hate or don’t drink wine at all this post will be of little interest. However, if you have been a regular consumer of wine you already know that these are the days of wine and roses for wine … Continue reading

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Christmas to New Year’s – maybe my favorite week of the year

I was thinking about that yesterday. How here on Christmas Eve (a Monday this year) I actually looked forward to going to my office since I knew most people were either not working or not working the way they usually … Continue reading

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What story might be interesting enough to write about?

                              Since I blog about three times each week I often write the blog within a day or two of its posting. This enables me to … Continue reading

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Sandy relief concert – better viewed live than on DVR

I’ve posted before on the notion of how DVR’s (and I LOVE DVR’s) have changed the social behavior of people in the U.S. and beyond. The 12/12/12 concert was a good example of that. Granted the concert which was broadcast … Continue reading

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At all costs avoid the ‘endless feedback loop of you’

I wrote a post recently about serial cookie deleters in relation to online tracking http://wp.me/pn6jX-Iw. One of the sources I cited was Jeffrey Rosen’s Sunday NY Times article “Who do they think you are”  . I also noted a line in … Continue reading

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Count me in but are you ready to work in the cloud?

In the aftermath of the storm called Sandy it was difficult for many U.S. east coast residents to work last week – normally or not. While my family and I were in large part spared from being without power at … Continue reading

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Will the new Chinese President Xi Jinping institute communication reforms?

It seems that people that know me associate my travel to China with my being the ‘China guy’. While I am flattered that some consider me knowledgeable (to a greater degree than they are) of what is going on in … Continue reading

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Extraordinary people – being a disrupter and visionary often goes with being a social misfit

I’m 2/3 of the way through Walter Isaacson’s excellent biography of Steve Jobs. Most people that know even a little about Steve Jobs know that he was not only a brilliant marketer and visionary when it came to delivering what … Continue reading

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The danger in running a country the way you run a business

  With the U.S. Presidential election about 5 weeks away, this week is another pivotal one in the race between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. I have vowed to stay apolitical in my blog and while that’s not about … Continue reading

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