A lesson in brevity
Sometimes you can say more with fewer words. Following is a recent post made by my friend, a middle school science teacher. Student: “I’m going to miss class tomorrow, I have to go to a violin thing.” Teacher: “Ok, thanks for telling me.” Student: Starts to leave and turns back, [...]
Double black diamonds, anyone?
Some people think I’m crazy because when I go on vacation, I don’t relax. I go. Hard. For instance, I like to go to the top of the mountain, feel the sun on my face, ski the double black diamonds and fall into bed exhausted at night (ok, maybe after [...]
LinkedIn – 17 Must-Have Features for your Profile
Some time ago I decided to take a break from social media on a personal level. As a non-digital native who gets plenty of screen time all day long, I was finding it increasingly harder to get engaged on my social networks during my down time. What started as a [...]
About Us – It’s Not All About You
Many companies desperately need “a cleanup on aisle 13” – and that aisle is the “About Us” section on their website. It seems the majority of these sections I read are vague, confusing, trite, jargon-filled diatribes that do little to inform the audience, establish credibility or spark interest in moving [...]
Google Glass and Me
I’m not someone who is normally considered an early adopter of new technology. Technology and I have a sort of mutual respect for each other, meaning we, (or more accurately, I) keep a respectable distance until new and technical becomes easy and less complicated, mainstream with most of the bugs [...]