People used to be content with being talked at, lectured to, and entertained; now people seem discontent unless they are participating and engaged. The world has changed and there is no going back. Companies that used to make a living from talking at, lecturing, and entertaining need to adapt or they will eventually become irrelevant.
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Tag Archives: Philos
Participating: Pandora’s Box
Electric Heat
For the past couple of years I have had a question running around in my head and it won’t go away. Maybe by posting it here someone can point me in the right direction to understand it.
If every rooftop in a city was covered with solar panels, would it reduce the overall temperature of the […]
A Restaurant In Santa Fe
Last week Sabrina and I went to see Rent. For those of you not familiar, Rent is a wildly over-rated broadway production that has some very loyal fans known as “Rent-heads” (yeah, creative, I know). While I think Rent is over-rated, it is not bad. To be honest that is quite a compliment coming from […]
Looking Back at a Broken Heighday
On July 15th, 2006 I posted the following post titled “Hotlanta“:
Sabrina and I packed up the kids on a whim last night and are in Atlanta. It is going to be a long time before we can take a vacation, but getting away for a night is a nice change of pace.
Lately I have […]
The Bear and the Bull
I tend to talk a very pessimistic game when it comes to the economy. I talk like a bear. I tend to act more like a bull.
Rex Hammock made a great comment on twitter today:
I think we’re at that point when you should start shorting fear and go long on greed.
On my things to do […]
Ideal Work Environment
I don’t much care for traveling for work. Still, I have to admit that my ideal work environment is a first class airplane cabin. It is comfortable and quiet (especially with headphones). There are people around, but they are not distracting people. There are very few distractions (phones don’t work, Twitter isn’t updating, my email […]


