East vs West
My entire life, I’ve lived on the East coast, where driving to the ocean means heading East, and driving inland means heading West. If the ocean was on my right, I knew I was driving North. On my left? I…
Lee Busch
Is there trouble in River City?
So it’s day 2 at a fairly swank RV park in Tucson, where I am staying for just a few days. I’m on my way out in the morning to spend the day with some of my favorite people, and…
I drove past a feedlot yesterday.
It was pretty gross. As I approached, I didn’t know it was there — I thought it was a dust storm on the horizon, so I closed my vents. As I approached, I started to see the cattle. It went…
I am driving cross-country!
So you can ignore my old post (way down the page) that says I have stopped updating my blog. I’m about to start again. Really. This time for sure. I just need to stop driving long enough to write things…
This could be your future
The operator of a teleconferencing robot from anybots.com uses it to fetch himself a scone, with the help of a cellular wifi hotspot stuck to the robot. Of course I like the idea of anything that makes telepresence more palatable.…
How not to show me you care
bout halfway through, I realized the conversation had gone from frustratingly strange all the way to relationship-damaging. It would have been better if they'd never called me at all.
Thoughts on rebranding
If you are considering updating or redesigning your company’s identity, here are some things to keep in mind: Think Timeless: Rebranding can be expensive — not only for the work but in reprinting material and altering your web site. So…
Obey and Obama – the artist behind both
I always wondered about the origin of the “Obey” stencils around Boston. Now I know — the graffiti artist, who also did the Obama “hope” poster, has a show at the ICA now. He’s also being sued by the AP…
Best Boston-based portrait photographer
If you need a really good corporate portrait photographer, check out Boston Corporate Portraits.
Douglas MacArthur on war
These quotes have been timely ever since they were recorded, decades ago. “It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis…