For close to 3 weeks I pretty much put business on hold as I went to work trying to get all of my websites and blogs not only mobile friendly but drive up their mobile speed, which was atrocious. The traffic for all of my sites had dropped drastically, and all of them started dropping […]

Yesterday I had lunch with a friend of mine who’s recovering from some health issues over the last couple of years. As we were talking and she was telling me some of her plans, I couldn’t help but remember, then pass on to her, things I’d advised her to do in the past that would […]

I’m a pretty consistent person. By that, I mean that I’m fairly stable in my demeanor and life as far as my emotions and actions go. I don’t get overly happy or upset on a regular basis. I go through my days pretty much the same with some ups here and downs there. When I […]

This morning I was at a meeting for consultants. We were talking about another organization, called the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). This is an organization I used to belong to, that I’m thinking about possibly rejoining at some point in the future, but just haven’t been enthused lately. The conversation got around […]

The Syracuse, NY area got an interesting lesson on the power of social media when a bad bit of customer service ended up becoming a tidal wave of negativity against a major grocery chain in the area. What happened is someone went to the store and saw something they didn’t feel was appropriate. Instead of […]