Apple’s historic 1984 Super Bowl commercial was a watershed event for two reasons: It really got your attention, and it got a clear message across: that Apple’s Macintosh would save the world from a dystopian future of IBM clone PCs. It was so prophetic, so true to what has become[…] Read On
Even though discrimination is a problem for older workers, that hasn’t stopped baby boomers from defying the odds and having killer late-life careers. There are more entrepreneurs and full-time employees aged 55 and older than ever before. They make up a third of the nation’s labor force and start just[…] Read On
ICYI, here are 10 random things about my writing. Why? Why not? Also I thought it might be interesting. 1. My sainted wife Kim has never read a thing I’ve written. Ever. Not the book, the columns, the blog posts … nada. She says living with me is annoying enough.[…] Read On
The most important question in business used to be “What price will make customers buy?” But pricing decisions are quickly becoming a dynamic function of big data analytics that takes place way up in the cloud. Today, the big question in business is “What headline will make people click?” When I[…] Read On
If you’re wondering what to make of the global panic over the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, aka Brexit, first understand that the referendum is not binding. It’s up to the British prime minister to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (voluntary withdrawal from the EU), and since[…] Read On
It’s Mother’s Day. I did all my wife’s chores and let her sleep in this morning. Does anyone ever do my chores on Father’s Day? Nope. I still have to do pool maintenance, weed whack, fertilize the fruit trees, yada yada. We all have pet peeves: annoying things other people[…] Read On
Don’t tell my wife, but I had a few childhood crushes. My first was Patty Duke, in black and white. I think I was six or seven at the time. Then there was Betty, of Betty and Veronica comic book fame. And Jane Fonda in the sexy sci-fi spoof Barbarella was[…] Read On