Technology

Mobile Apps and Your Business

This is a reprint of an article I wrote on mobile apps for Insight on Business, an excellent business publication dedicated to the 100,000 or so businesses in The New North region of Wisconsin, from their January 2012 issue:

Poverty and Technology as 2012 Dawns

Have you ever participated in a poverty simulation? If not, I highly recommend it. My wife and I are fortunate to have a friend and fellow Rotarian, Betsy Rozelle with CAP Services, who provides these simulations here in Northeast Wisconsin …

Using Doodle to Make Your Life Easier

This is a reprint of an article I wrote for Insight on Business, an excellent business publication dedicated to the 100,000 or so businesses in The New North (Northeast Wisconsin) from their October 2011 issue: 

Are You a Social Media Addict?

What’s your relationship with social media? Are you just a casual user who can take it or leave it or are you an addict who has to check Twitter, Facebook or your e-mail every few minutes? 

Save a Life: Don’t Text and Drive… in the Usual Way

Earlier this week, I made a really great discovery.  I found myself dashing from one meeting to another, on the other side of town, and needing to send a text message (SMS) at the same time. So something’s gotta give, …

Of Oil Spills and Small Business

Catastrophe, calamity, debacle, disaster —all words that can describe the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  What started as an unfortunate event that took multiple lives and many livelihoods—and will have been responsible for the extinction of numerous marine species—has …