“Men have become the tools of their tools.” ~Henry David Thoreau The gears turned and it started a chain reaction which would ultimately lead to my demise. There’s always a chance it won’t. Something could misfire, the boot might miss the bucket or the blue pole with the hand might go awry, causing the metal
“For the first time ever in a single day we had 500M people use Facebook.†– Mark Zuckerberg Back in July the rage was Google Plus. Lots of us couldn’t get enough of it. Great engagement, interesting platform with high expectations, and the Google name. It was a social network that was going places. In
“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” ~Arnold Bennett After logging into Facebook this morning, I realized that the world as we know it is going to collapse in on itself. Facebook changing something fundamental like how you view your news feeds? Blasphemy! In case you hadn’t
Been a crazy week with the Facebook changes, Google Plus API release and iPhone 5 metallic case announcement. Grab your cup of coffee or tea or road soda and let’s do a quick overview of the new stuff this week. Facebook adds subscriptions. BOOM. Twitter is great for lots of reasons but one is the
Chipotle is my Friday ritual. Ask anyone who follows me on Facebook and Twitter and they’ll be able to tell you about the Friday check-ins. I’m not sure what it is about the place. Sure it’s delicious, its health values are questionable, wait times are fairly quick, the burritos are heavy, and their hot sauce
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. ~Mason Cooley I had to get an epidural last week. Feel free to insert a pregnancy joke here: “How many pounds was your baby?” or “Have any problem pushing the little sucker out?” Ha Ha, you’re all real hilarious. I
At first I thought it was a joke. In hindsight, I don’t know why thinking a plane crashing into one of the towers could be funny but I wasn’t sure what else to make of it. Why would a plane hit one of the World Trade Center towers? There was no other explanation at the
A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all. ~Michael LeBoeuf “The customer is always right” was coined in 1909 by Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. for his Selfridges department store. It has been used as a mantra for millions of businesses since. It’s main purpose, of course, is to give customers an expectation of
Over a month ago I submitted this blog to Alltop for review. You’ve heard of them right? Here’s a quick definition from their site for those that don’t: “You can think of Alltop as the “online magazine rack†of the web. …Ultimately, our goal is to enhance your online reading by displaying stories from sources
Write an article about ApartmentRatings and the conversation will get heated in no time. People are passionately for or against responding. For this follow up post I wanted to dig deep and see how other companies are handling their ApartmentRatings. I gained lots of insights but the one thing I found myself doing more than