Apr
11
2011

I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that all the hard work (and billions in tax incentives) expended supporting the “Tech Valley” dream is looking pretty good for the Capital Region’s long term prospects. The bad news is that you’re probably not going to get a piece of it. In the strategy sessions we …

Feb
28
2011

Are you using email marketing to its greatest potential? Services like Constant Contact or iContact make it pretty easy to start up an email program.  Just enter some names in a list, drop some content into a pre-designed template and send out that e-newsletter.  Easy right?  Well yes…but no. Yes - it’s pretty easy to do.  No - it’s not …

Feb
23
2011

When I was a kid, I remember coming home from school and asking my parents for permission to do something really stupid.  There answer was always no.   “But everyone else is doing it” I’d say. Then your Mom would throw this classic at you;  “so if everyone else was jumping off a bridge, would you do that too?” End …

Jan
05
2011

My partner Dave Borland forwarded a wonderful email about a social experiment recently done by the Washington Post. File this under the heading “there’s a right time and a right place for everything.”  Here’s the story: In Washington DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces …

Aug
23
2010

Some important Internet tricks you should know about include refreshing your browser, smart addresses, tabbed browsing, code view, and the “find” function.