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My daughter called last night to tell me that her electricity, cable, and internet had been cut off in her rental house the day before. Now before you start thinking that she is completely irresponsible, she has 3 roommates … … Continue reading →

Twitter was banned yesterday for all men’s basketball players at the University of New Mexico. (sar…OMG!…casm) I’m well aware that this will have some sort of effect on the Lobos and coach Steve Alford’s personal "brand(s)." Anyone i… Continue reading →

We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries on the first Wednesday of every month with a dessert selected by the people having birthdays that month. We just bumped it a day forward this month with the holiday and a big client meeting. But before we even g… Continue reading →

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then Instagram lets you say that and so much more even before you begin to type a caption for your photo. The Instagram app lets you take photos, put some cool filters on them, and then share them with your friends an… Continue reading →

Last year all the talk was about how many billions Groupon was worth, and this year, as it prepares to go public, the conversation has changed to its flawed revenue model. There are also lots of discussions comparing sites like Living Social, Groupon, … Continue reading →

Even before the first iPhone, Apple has been lauded for its brilliant design. A functional piece of art is formed by the combination of metal and glass, or sometimes just a single piece of metal. Too bad that most of the form gets covered up in an effo… Continue reading →

News of Osama bin Laden’s death bogged down mobile news sites and busied the full complement of social media outlets. Turns out Twitter published the big news first. Keith Urbahn, once chief of staff for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, broke … Continue reading →

Anytime I travel to non-English speaking countries, I’m always amused at how brands are translated into other cultures. The familiar Coke® logo becomes something very different when translated in to Chinese.Big brands are still recognizable, a… Continue reading →

I’m near the end of a two-week visit to China, where I have spent much time in rural, undeveloped areas. This is a country of stark contrasts. Bustling mega-cities teeming with activity stand beside semi-primitive villages with shacks and the occ… Continue reading →

With the surge of tablet device adoption, and all of us running around with our phones strapped to our heads, it seems that we are not only failing to pay attention to each other, but we really aren’t paying attention to the content on our myriad devic… Continue reading →