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“There’s nothing new under the sun.” We’ve all heard this quote—perhaps uttered by a cynic about some new idea. Attributed to Ambrose Bierce, here’s the full original: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things

 Still got doubts about blogging for your business? Guys, it is not a fad. It’s an integral part of the new way of being in the global marketplace.Whatever terms you use, “Web 2.0” “social networking” “new media” etc., the fact is a blog is

What does it mean that Microsoft is trying to buy Yahoo? Well, let's see. I envision it as kind of like Cable vs. DSL--"giant-with-unlimited-funds-and-access-to-every-computer" fighting the other "giant-with-unlimited-funds-and-access-to-every-computer."

Was looking for a song I sang one year with a church choir. Using Google, struggling to remember the line so I could look it up by lyrics... Stumbled on this amusing typo on a Christian music site: "CALL TO WORSHIP Lyrics - MERCY ME Prince of Peach, almi

Was invited to Cleveland recently to do a presentation about blogging for businesses. It seems there's still a lot of confusion about what a blog is supposed to be, although more small business owners and corporations are realizing a blog is great for S

You knew that newspapers were losing a lot of traction because of the Internet, right? Well, the "news" is worse than expected, according to an article in AdWeek. And these changes to advertising revenue are expected to be permanent, not passing. A sample

The Internet has facilitated the growth of small businesses, and the owners of those businesses have the Internet to thank for the incredible amount of information and the seemingly limitless amount of help they can find about running those businesses.

Blogging on your business blog about your personal technology? Perfectly legitimate. People who care about your company will be fascinated to hear how its leaders use technology in their personal lives. Here's a bit about the portable office... Have you

After my initial report on the Sears saga (see post Sears customer service), I got busy and couldn't write for a while (among other things, just became a new grandma). But okay, the refrigerator arrived (dented for sure) and was installed by a third part

Sometimes appliances die. Sure. But we baby boomers grew up in a world where major ones, like refrigerators, died maybe in 20 or 30 years, if ever. I'm going to chronicle my sad personal saga as it happens--a  good thing to do with a corporate blog if yo