It’s Family TV Time, Watching All Together
When I was a young lad, one of my fondest memories was watching television with my whole family on Sunday nights. We had an old family friend, a bachelor named Fairfield Day, who used to visit us sometimes and join us on those cozy Sundays when we watched “Gentle Ben” […]
The King of Parking in China Offers Us Cake
Lui Ju is a parking magnate from Beijing. He is known to his American friends as ‘Tom,” and speaks through an interpreter. He addressed the lunchtime audience at the National Parking Association yesterday in Mandarin with an invitation: ‘reap the bounty of China’s ‘money machine.’ “Someone who had been to […]
Pickens Talks About Converting Trucks to Natural Gas
“The best time to plant a tree is 2o years ago,” said T. Boone Pickens today, as he sat on stage and talked about his ambitious plans to radically change the energy policy of the US as soon as he can. “You’ve gotta have a plan…and so far we don’t […]
A Classic Fall Day…And a Busy Travel Week Ahead
What a lovely Fall day in New England. Outside, the air is crisp, about 59 degrees, and leaves are blowing around the yard, beautiful patches of orange, red and yellow. I’m cozy wearing a new ‘shirt jacket’ that my parents gave me for my birthday, and Cindy is by my […]
Joseph F. Shea, Come On Down!
WOW! Life throws you some amazing curveballs! Just a few minutes ago, a grey haired man wearing a bowtie knocked on my office door. “Come in, come in,” I said, not sure who exactly it was there. He greeted me that familiar conspiratorial smile, and came up to me, he […]
Why Make the Player When You Can Be It?
I found a story from Wired magazine in my FB feed that impressed me. Reed Hastings is the CEO of Netflix, and back in 2007, the company was excited about launching a new consumer product. The company isn’t in the hardware business, they were going to bring out a paperback-book-sized […]
The Internet Biz, Explained
The rough and tumble of internet business marketing 2.0 is that it’s fluid….it varies…and in most cases, you have to live on dimes and nickels instead of $10s and $20s. Today, for example, I have to decide on a few new options for our affiliate links, review proposals for creating […]