Authenticity – "I am Tim, how can I help?"
David, the LiveWorld CFO, told me a story recently of calling tech support for a company. The tech support specialist introduced himself as “Tim” and politely asked how he could help. Of [...]
Warren Buffet Interview
Ed Tags: WarrenBuffet, Ed Dale, Internet Marketing, Economy Who cares who becomes president. I am ready to vote for Warren Buffet for Secretary of the Treasury. Buffet has been warning for some [...]
Customer Service and Bureaucracy
You may have already seen this letter that is being passed around in emails that purports to be an actual letter to the passport office. An actual letter to the passport office [...]
Hope vs What?
I had sent out a twitter message this morning saying: “Is it cynical of me to characterize the election as choosing between hope (with no specifics) over fear (with no answers)?” It [...]
Super Delegates and the "not quite" Democratic Party
If you have been paying attention to the Democratic primaries you may have noticed that Barak Obama has to date won more delegates in the various primaries and caucuses than has Hillary [...]
Al Gore YouTube Spoof Not So Amateurish
I had two very different reactions to this story: A tiny little movie making fun of Al Gore, supposedly made by an amateur filmmaker, recently appeared on the popular Web site YouTube.com.At [...]
Presidential Prophylactics
If you heard that a Chinese maker of prophylactics had decided to market condoms named after a former U.S. president. Would you wonder which president they might have chosen? If you helps [...]
Neither John Kerry, Nor George Bush Were Great Students
It was not that important at the time of the last presidential race and is obviously of less important now, but it is amusing after all the fuss that was made about [...]
The Racist Witchhunt?
I should probably precede any comments that include the word racism with my opinions on the matter. I think racism is stupid. Thinking you know about individuals and and judging them based [...]
Derail Amtrak?
In today’s New York Times Editorial on Amtrack titled “The Railroad To Nowhere “, the editors argue for pulling the plug on the problem plagued subsidize system. They point out at least [...]






