Allow Serendipity
Are you feeling lucky? Serendipity is a fun-to-say word that has a wonderful meaning: a lucky accident or stroke of good fortune. Sometimes it seems that in our heavily planned, algorithm-driven lives, a stroke of…
Author: David
Trampoline
The house behind our backyard is concealed by a number of large trees and shrubs, planted by us and a former neighbor who was and probably still is evil. The evil neighbors have moved, replaced…
Content versus Context
What’s the difference between content and context? Content is what you offer, what you know, what you do. We talk a lot about content. But don’t forget the context. Context is the surroundings around all…
Life is not linear
It’s Monday, and that means I have gently changed the dates my to-do list from last week to this week. Results? I’ve had a few but then again too few to mention. So here’s a…
Battle Sad
This week I’ve heard four different people in different parts of my life talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder. Cold and cloudy days in November might be bringing this on. Plus, our clocks “fall back” this…
Things Are Changing, and That’s OK
I went to the #ACEComicon when it was in town last weekend. Comic books were central to my life when I was younger, from age 9-17 before I quit cold turkey when I graduate high…
Speaking Out of School or The Pink Spoon Pricing Model
Do you want others to trust you, to buy what you’re selling? Sometimes you have to absorb the cost of giving away a little bit of what you do or what you make in order…
Brain Balm: It’s Opposite Day
Massage your Marketing Message: I’m thinking about brainstorming for my latest challenge, and I thought of the recent passing of over-the-top entertainer Rip Taylor, which made me think of more ever-so-slightly more subtle, but still…
The No BS Hall of Fame
I carry a binder around with me at work and inside this binder is a piece of paper listing what I call my “No BS Hall of Fame.” Enshrined in this hallowed Hall are the…
The Cubs and The Toothbrush Test or Add Another One to the Floss Column
If you know me then you know this: I’m a rabid Chicago Cubs fan. This was not a decision I made lightly… and I don’t know that it was really a decision at all. It…