This site is named Not Really a Boomer because *“a late boomer like me just doesn’t have much in common with the early boomers. They had Murphy’s Law, we had Moore’s Law. They had LPs, we had CDs. They had color television, we had Atari Pong and the Commodore PET personal computer. They had the Berlin Wall, we had Star Wars -the Strategic Defense Initiative.
The early boomers were still living in a world that was mostly analog. People born in the early 1960s came of age in a world that was becoming digital.”
(*Thanks to Michael Fitzgerald of the Boston Globe)
The Dog Collar and ChatGPT
As I have walked my dogs in the morning, I have come across a gentleman (twice now) out for a walk with a dog collar in his hand, but no dog. I was imagining he was out for his exercise, and he previously walked with his dog, so the sound of the tags clinking as…
Writing can be hard. Editing is more difficult!
I used to think writing was hard, but I’m starting to think editing is harder. A few weekends ago, my family and I went to a stand-up comedy show rated PG-13. My 15-year-old was with us. (I wasn’t worried about the content—she’s been to her mom’s improv show 10+ times.) The show was produced by…
Creating Economy-Resistant Marketing and Lead Flow
(cross posted from LinkedIN) Which phrase best describes your company’s marketing? a) We suffer from random acts of marketingb) We’re great at drive-by demand generationc) We think of marketing as arts & crafts If you chose C, you probably don’t have a marketing department or anyone who understands the power of integrated marketing/RevOps and what…
Sage Thought Leadership Podcast
Here’s my interview about Digital Transformation on the The Sage Thought Leadership Podcast. The podcast is dedicated to the possibility that entrepreneurs continue the work of creation. We celebrate them by allowing them to tell their stories and share their knowledge with others. In doing so we energize the success of businesses around the world…
When the past becomes the present on the radio
It’s really jarring to hear a song from your past be acknowledged as a great song, or to hear one being sung, accurately by your child. I had this experience this morning as I was driving the 12yo to school and Kiss’s Rock and Roll all nite comes on the radio. I start to change…
New Foods
As I am peeling and cutting up a Kiwi Fruit for my daughter, and then putting some pomegranate seeds(?) on my cereal, it suddenly hit me how many “new” foods are around that weren’t known/popular when I was a kid – and my mother was more of the earthy-crunchy type that was always trying new…
Relentless
I wish I had the persistence and focus of my dog when she wants to play ball. She will sit, or lay, outside the closet that have her tennis balls in it. Occasionally she’ll yip to remind us where she is and to remind us where the balls are. And she will do this for…
The power of icons
My 12yo daughter is learning to do her own laundry. The question I hear from the laundry room last nite…”now that everything is in the dryer, do I just press the play button?” Never quite heard a start button on a dryer referred to that way, but of course, if you look at the button,…
Way beyond great service
At the grocery store getting ready to check out; realize I don’t have my wallet; now how am I gonna pay for this? I have about $120 worth of stuff in my cart, and about $30 in cash in my pocket. But no credit cards. So I walk over to the managers office and ask…
January 6 & 7, 2021
January 6th – What is White Supremacy? As a parent, you frequency find yourself saying “I never expected to be have that conversation with my x-year old”. January 6th – yesterday – was one of those for me. I never thought I’d have to explain, to a 12 year old, white supremacy and the concept…
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