Information/Idea Advantage

Is there any benefit to keeping a good idea to yourself anymore?  One of the tropes of our internet age is the story of the first person in a particular market or industry vector who discovers that keeping the secrets isn’t going to work anymore, because of the...
Products and Services

Products and Services

Products vs Services– is an interesting way to divide the things we spend money on.  I think that we are generally more likely to feel good about spending money on a Product.  Sometimes I am genuinely happy I am spending money on a service.  Even there, however,...
Photog Class 6: Learning and Growing

Photog Class 6: Learning and Growing

Now that you have been introduced to the fundamentals of photography you can begin the iterative process of learning and growing.  That means taking photographs, reviewing, editing and publishing, in one form or another. The process of achieving competence at anything...
Aiming and Goals

Aiming and Goals

The more I live the more convinced I am that you generally get what you are pointing at. Knowing what you want and where you want to go, is one of the best predictors of what you will actually achieve.  So it kinda matters what you point at– what your goals are....
Sunday in Spring

Sunday in Spring

Today was a good day.  We went to church.  The big kids were both volunteering (yeah, they are pretty amazing!), but all I had to do was text them from bed that they should make sure to go with each other, and the case was solved.  The rest of us showed up just before...
Human Habitat

Human Habitat

Humans are builders.  Some animals like prairie dogs and beavers build things, and of course, birds build nests. But humans create very sophisticated habitat for themselves.  The urban habitat with skyscrapers and subways is complex at a level that makes the whole...