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Going Digital and On Demand – Part 1 Pictures

This post has multiple parts to it, so fair warning I’m guessing this one is going to be long.   Lately I’ve been more and more annoyed at traditional hard copy media.  It’s a pain in the butt to deal with and takes up way too much physical space (for those that know me you find

We Are Having A Baby

When I say we are having a baby – I don’t mean in the abstract sense that it’s happening soon.  Literally we are having a baby right now.  This post like most of them I am writing ahead of time, so there will be some details missing.   The one most important is what day is

Happy Valentines and Happy Birthday Dad

The picture is going with “love is with your family” motif.   That’s my father with my brother and myself (I don’t think he is really asleep).   Happy birthday dad.   Happy Valentine’s day to everyone else.

Watching A Yahoo Group Die

A long long time ago I ran a Yahoo Group entitled Marcon Drinkers it was started in 2001.   Before this group was started my circle of friends had another message board we were using.   One of the administrators went off the deep end started banning people and deleting posts.  He eventually found it funny just

Things You Should Be Able To Answer When Contacting A Consultant

Someone I know came to me the other day about a consulting project that may or may not happen.   What essentially he wants done is an overhaul of IT infrastructure.   They want more automation to their operation and they deal with physical goods.  So from receiving to shipping, to everything in between they are looking

How Will We Explain To Our Children What Newspapers Were?

Picture from here We hear time and time again about all the newspapers and magazines going out of business.   How much longer will they survive in the same sense that we have seen during our lifetime?  More importantly how are we going to explain them.  In one sense we can it would be easy to

When Will MSRPs Stop Being Ridiculous?

Image from here Why are MSRP’s so far off of the real price of an item?  Even non-internet shoppers are quite aware that you almost never pay the MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price) for anything.   It’s not even their fault 99% of everything in life is priced below MSRP.   Let’s look at the big things