Vladimir Putin in Camelot
When I was in my early-teens, my father would sometimes take me, my two-and-a-half years older brother, and my four-years younger sister to St. Louis. We lived in a small…
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Think different.
So there I was, sitting at my desk ready to write about "think different," when I got pulled aside by LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business-focused social-media site. At least I…
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What’s So Good About Friday?
You may have noticed that two days before Easter Sunday every year there is a day called "Good Friday." If you happen to live in one of the 11 states…
The Return of the King
My apologies to J. R. R. Tolkein for using his title, but it's a good one and, as you'll see, he didn't want it anyway. The theme, of course, has…
The Man I Seek To Be
Almost 20 years ago a good friend was spending time as a guest of the state where he lived. The accommodations weren't great, he had to wear a kind of…
Hidden Information
I've seen plenty of spy shows where somebody gets caught. Then somebody else tries to get information out of them. Sometimes they use psychological torture, sometimes they use physical torture.…
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You believe what?
For about the last 50 years the world has been in the Information Age. That is not marketing speak, it is a real historical period, and it hasn't yet been…