Gary Smith, in convenient web-based form.
The more interesting life is, the less time I have to write about it. And then there are other complications. Interesting stuff at work. Not finalized so - can’t write about it. Making some progress with the accident case. Not finalized so - can’t write about it. Read the rest of this entry »
(with apologies to Al Ries and Laura Ries)
Selling is changing. I muse about this a lot, but every time I try to write an article about it I meet myself coming and going. When you start writing about a topic, you’re expected to make assertions, come up with reasons to support those assertions, and everything’s got to be airtight. I can make no such claim. For every observation I’ll make, there are a million exceptions.
But I think there is a progressive change in the role of, and the importance of, traditionally defined sales representatives. As in the book I referenced in the link, The Death of Advertising and the Rise of PR, a comparison could be made between an older role which has lost at least some credibility, and a newer role which sales representatives might play in the post-internet, post-modern, and, if I may coin a phrase which gloms onto an idea that is far from original with me, the post-earnestness age. Read the rest of this entry »
Helped with the burning of some scrub at the future site of our church building. It involved dashing into some of the ashes to push wood into better piles. Apparently I wasn’t quick enough, as my boots, or at least the soles, are goners: Read the rest of this entry »
… at Books a Million Prattville. Details: http://www.randomkeystrike.net/index.php/nextmeeting
… what a long strange trip it’s been.
I was in Birmingham all day yesterday, from a medical appointment at UAB to a family visit to a meetup with some of the Birmingham twitterati, semi-organized by André Natta of bhamterminal.com fame. Read the rest of this entry »
I apologize to both of you who may have read the previous post. I pulled it because the more I thought about it, the more I realize I wasn’t making fun of someone for being weird, I was making fun of someone because they’ve got serious problems.
Now I’m at another Starbucks, and discovering the AT&T-ification of their hotspots has begun. Security errors (probably related to SSL they haven’t updated), and it took forever to start up. Read the rest of this entry »
I know we’re trying to be PC and honor the international flavor of the games and all, but I do wonder why the IOC couldn’t have set some kind of criteria that would prevent the games from being held in a communist country that can’t even manufacture decent woodwind instruments and is run like an out-of-control junior high school.
Look for these games to be comedy gold from start to finish, provided there isn’t a tragic incident. Just sayin’.
I’ve added quite a few links to the blog roll (currently in the column to the right). If you’d like a link or want to correct one, comment.
Okay, I know this is just narcissistic, but my work PC now has 2 GBs more RAM and when I got to talking to my computer tech (Fred Limmer, On-Site Computers) about how I’d like to get one of those new wide monitors, he mentioned that he had one in his truck that a previous customer turned out to not want. This is my desktop now - about 12 x 20″ physical size, 1680 x 1050 res. FTW!
Tammy with Alltel customer service has just informed me that the reason my company lost a bonus MyCircle number was - wait for it - we added a phone to the plan.
That’s right. For adding to our plan and paying them more money, we LOST something of value.
