The following is an article I wrote for the Nevada Business Journal:
Blogging for BusinessWhy should businesses care about blogs?
There has been a lot of talk about blogs lately. Politicians and businesses alike are entering the blogosphere at a surprising rate. Why? Currently, more than 57 million American adults read blogs.
For a long time blogs were [...]
It’s official. According to Blue Rhino, a company that sells propane tanks, Reno ranks No. 2 among U.S. cities as a great place to grill. It trails only Sacramento in a study based on summertime weather conditions.
In my opinion, Sacramento can’t hold a piping hot briquette to Reno’s wide open spaces, close proximity to [...]
I love Wordpress. Not only is it an incredibly powerful piece of blogging software and a fantastic content management system, it is free!
The founder of Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg is a very cool guy. He and his crew operate with a set of principles that I think are really having an effect on technology, business, and people’s personal lives.
Not only are [...]
Started off Thanksgiving with an enjoyable mountain bike ride in Reno. Chose the well-known Galena Creek trail. Even though it was late in November, it was a beautiful day with most of the trail being fairly free of snow. I earned my turkey credits.
Did my duty as an American - consumed. Crashed in Incline [...]
This past week I appeared in the Reno News & Review along with my colleague, Josh Kenzer for an article titled, “Up all Night: It’s a brave new world called the blogosphere. Meet some of its denizens.” This photograph was taken by RNR staff member, David Roberts.
I posted about the article on the Horse [...]
I have been asked by several people to explain what my header graphic is. One reader even emailed and told me it made her skin crawl. Yikes! I guess it is does have some reptilian and big cat characteristics.
The image is in fact a photograph I took on the East Fork of the Chattooga not far from Cashiers, North Carolina. It is [...]
The pumpkin did not ask for all the attention it receives each year. Nonetheless, it gets it every October 31st.
It gets carved by artists, smashed by restless teenagers, cooked by mothers, and eaten by all of us. Yet, it keeps coming back.
Filled with water, seeds, and stringy guts, the pumpkin has been cast into [...]
