December 2008
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Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays and safe travels for you all this Christmas season.
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Tech fun - Planes & Phones
Technology gets taken for granted in any generation. Found this on Youtube and had a good laugh. Good holiday fun, happy holidays everybody.
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The TIE Principles
I was watching a documentary the other night about Ralph Nader called ‘An Unreasonable Man’. Despite the fact that Nader was never elected a politician, he has been incredibly effective in implementing policy. Some of his efforts include: - Mandatory seat belts in all vehicles - Airbags - Warning labels on cigarettes - The Clean Air Act - The Freedom of Information Act ...
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Gen Z considerations - What's a gas station?
Kate and I were driving home the other day and as we approached the stoplight with a 7-Eleven on her side of the truck she asks, “What’s that Daddy? What’s that?” So I went on to explain, in 2-year old terms, what a gas station was and how it works. But I began to think, “Will Kate ever drive a gasoline powered car?” I’m not suggesting ‘Back to the...
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My Letter to Mr. Email
Dear Mr. Email, Our relationship has been going on for almost 15 years now and I feel like you have done an amazing job of slowly becoming an integral part of my life for both my business and personal affairs. We spend so much time together that some would consider it cheating. What I’ve come to realize is that we are too close and I need a break. This closeness has come at the expense...
Here is a little theory I’m working on… Have you read the ‘The Tipping Point’ by Malcolm Gladwell? Great book. There is a part in the book where he discusses how “trend setters” establish patterns for the rest of the world to emulate. I believe two of the inadvertent trend setters for user generated content are: Gen Y newly married couples and Gen Y parents. ...