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The Final Piece?

Its no secret that I’ve long been a fan of Gmail. In fact, I moved my main email domain to Google’s hosted service about  two years ago. I’ve loved the flexibility, space, search, and tagging that are tightly incorporated into the service.
The only problem was a few niggling odds & ends. Not big issues [...]


Happiness CCLXIX

Working on my personal brand.


An Autumn Day Watching the River

Slow, lazy weekends – that’s what we all need from time to time, and that’s what I’m doing today on the patio overlooking the St. Croix river. Problems and issues of the world are removed and the simple sounds of life on the river replace the hectic hubbub of modern life that I return [...]


Happiness CCLXVIII

Slowing down, breathing deep… there is a calm, reasoned world here if you know how to look for it.


Finding A Path

I’ll warn you up font – this post is pretty much a rant about the blogosphere as it is today. Read on if you want.
I think I have it – the reason I’ve been blogging less these last several months.
It’s the stress. The stress of debate, of the times, of confrontation. That’s what I [...]


Happiness CCLXVII

Leaves. Rake them up and let the kids jump in the pile - remember that you can too!


Happiness CCLXVI

An inbox full of emails from people I actually wanted to hear from.


True Tools

True Tools. That’s how I think of software & utilities that end up being indispensible. From Microsoft Windows & Office to Google & Expedia, to Gmail to Twitter. These are solutions that simple do what they were supposed to do without any fuss or muss.
We all have our favorite tools that end up work [...]


Happiness CCLXV

Early into the office gives one more time to prepare for the inevitable.


Extra special people make extra special events

So I’m sitting here this fine, cool, wonderful Saturday morning, working on plans for the next four Social Media Breakfast – Twin Cities events thinking. There’s an energy here in the Northland that is hard to describe, but I know our fellow social web enthusiasts know what I’m talking about.
Even with the issues in the [...]