Asian carp DNA found in Lake Michigan
It amazes me that the $7 billion dollar commercial and recreational industry of Lake Michigan could be permanently harmed because Chicago and the United States Supreme Court will not do more to stop the possibility of Asian carp invading the world’s largest fresh water system. “The two species of Asian carp detected in the area ...
Happy Palindrome Day
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction. Today in the United States we can celebrate a palindrome date, 01/02/2010, which reads the same forward as it does backward. Unfortunately it doesn’t work everywhere because most of the world uses a ...
Help for the Good Harvest Market in Third Ward
I recently read that the Good Harvest Market in the Third Ward needs help as the store is not meeting it’s sales goals. Since the organic store opened at the corner of Broadway and St. Paul in November of last year I have been interested in how they could take advantage of the prime real ...
Rupert Murdoch, the news industry, and their fight against Google
Rupert Murdoch has recently suggested that once News Corporation launches a paid content strategy they may block Google from indexing the content. I understand that the newspaper world is having an extremely tough time with establishing an interactive / digital strategy. And they are having an even harder time finding a way to monetize their ...
The agency's need for innovation and an integration officer
Working for a variety of companies I have personally felt that an agency could benefit by creating a unique role of integration officer. The benefits of having one person that could track and monitor efficiencies, innovations and best practices across a variety of clients and categories is almost too large to count. In a perfect ...
The agency’s need for innovation and an integration officer
Working for a variety of companies I have personally felt that an agency could benefit by creating a unique role of integration officer. The benefits of having one person that could track and monitor efficiencies, innovations and best practices across a variety of clients and categories is almost too large to count. In a perfect ...
Lena Blackburne, a little mud and baseball history
The magic mud, it’s the secret ingredient that every Major League Baseball team uses to remove the gloss from a new baseball. Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud has supplied the mud to every MLB team since 1938. It’s such a great story. The lore, the tradition, and the secrecy add to the history of Major ...
Starbucks security fail, and why communication is important
Even the big guys can get it wrong. I haven’t written this to call out Starbucks, or anyone else for that matter, rather I intend it to be educational. But lets start with the story. I had stopped at Starbucks recently to pick up my grande Mocha (why can’t I just call it a medium?) ...
Voice Activated Copy/Paste on the Apple iPhone
To set the stage, I’ve had an iPhone since launch and have been using the iPhone 3.0 OS since I had access to the beta program in early spring. I am now a few months past the hype and excitement for the new features and one feature that has become essential is “Copy and Paste”. ...