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On the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:29:32 +0000

The first thing I noticed was how quiet it was. Most dog shows are on the bad end of a high school soccer field, if there’s grass, it’s rarely even and mowed. They’re full of dogs barking, generators running and a lot of general mayhem. Madison Square Garden was beautiful and quiet, even the mayhem [...]

End of an Era 2.0

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:07:41 +0000

Goodbye Mr. Eastman The Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Too bad… I can’t think of a company that has tried as hard to adapt and change with the market and developing technologies. Just as Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, George Eastman didn’t invent the camera. [...]

The End of an Era

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:09:01 +0000

Goodbye Mr. Edison Thomas Edison created the first practical, long-lasting incandescent light bulb 131 years ago. On January 1st we start the process of phasing them out of use (in California we started a year ago). 100-watt bulbs are the first to go this year, and lower-wattage bulbs go each year until 2014 when finally 60-watt [...]

New Corgi Site

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:37:27 +0000

This is the new site for the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of Southern California. I took it from conventional HTML to a WordPress environment that is easier for anyone to contribute, make updates and changes. This is basically the Traction Theme from the Theme Foundry with a few modifications.

Cities Create Jobs

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:07:28 +0000

This is an excerpt from an article about the new book, The Coming Jobs War by Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup. If you were to ask me, “From all the data you have studied so far, where will the next economic breakthrough come from?” my answer would be: From the combination of the forces within big cities, great universities, [...]

iSad

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:51:42 +0000

Steve Jobs passed away today. He will continue to be one of my heroes for his focus on usability, design and integration. Anyone who has made the “switch” in desktop computers understands all this. “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And [...]

Best Opposite in Burbank

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:37:38 +0000

Hank won Best Opposite this weekend at the Burbank Kennel Club show, Molly (GCH Segni at Coventry) won Best of Breed. Burbank still thinks they’re the center of the movie industry… in any case, it makes the photo setup very unique.

Understand People, Understand Business

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:44:59 +0000

From Simon Sinek…

Le Moo!

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:20:31 +0000

Another reason for music in the workplace… The New Hot 5, American-based jazz band plays for a herd of cows in Autrans, France… more on their website.

At The Summit

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:35:44 +0000

Len Schlesinger, of Babson College picked up Bill Hybels’ opening theme of getting from here to there by taking action. Newark Mayor Cory Booker is my new hero. Rev. Brenda Salter McNeil was awesome this afternoon, again calling us to ACT. Seth Godin was as direct as everyone to get us to act, ship, make [...]