For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to hire a web/blog designer. My writing here is kind of hit and miss, but I’ve decided that’s mostly because I haven’t really focused my topic that much. I’ve had a few niches with identity (because that’s my field at work), with customer service (because lousy customer service...

Another year, another Christmas in Las Vegas. I think I stayed just a couple of days too long this time (9 nights). Just the same, it was nice to have a change of pace and get out of town for a few...

There are a lot of things to love about the Internet. You can find people with similar interests and shrink the geographic boundaries between you, allowing people from around the world to communicate. On the other hand, you can also find an amazing amount of information about people if you give it a thought. That’s why many people fear providing their real...

I originally posted article this on the Orlando Sentinel’s Sanford Community blog: Fear and ignorance. If you don’t understand something, it must be evil and sinister. Fear and ignorance. What better place to teach this system than in Seminole County Schools? The problem was clear. Kids only have a limited amount of time to go through the lunch line...

My friend, Colleen, had surgery yesterday. Anyone going under the knife has good reason to be nervous, but all of her friends wish her well and a speedy recovery. I met Colleen online at Flickr. At the time, she was living in Las Vegas and I vacation there a few times each year. We both posted to the same group on Flickr, and found some common interest. One of the...

I upgraded the software that runs my blog – Movable Type – to version 4 this weekend. The new version brings a lot of useful and necessary changes with it, and I think the folks at Six Apart have a right to be proud of their effort. Unfortunately, the upgrade process itself wasn’t completely painless. As soon as I installed the new software, the...

Although I’m not a daily blogger, I’ve run this site in one fashion or another about five years now, and it’s always been on Six Apart’s Movable Type software. The company was much smaller then. The support was immediate and the community seemed very tight. They focused on bloggers. Some of us even paid for the software and some upgrades. ...