An article about a new stage rigging inspection program in a trade journal I regularly read featured a grant program that funds rigging inspections for schools. It is a great idea and something that every drama teacher and school facility…
Year: 2014
This Education Starts “Over Your Head”, Not “In Your Head”
Jeff
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Boeing On Line 1-Tesla Holding On Line 2
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill research team, led by chemist Joseph DeSimone, may have found a solution for the battery problem vexing a couple of the most progressive transportation developments of the last several years. Both Tesla,…
Duracell In The Cloud? That’s Fine, Unless It Starts Raining D Cells
The latest company to join the race to store your online data is an unlikely one. Duracell cloud storage for business is taking on Dropbox, Google Drive and other online storage services that will store your data on their servers,…
You Want A Path To The Top? Here’s A Great Place To Start
I get to work with a lot of young people, and it makes my days much more enjoyable. Between my office and working as a volunteer at the local high school and as an usher at my church, I am…
Gypsies, Tramps, Thieves, Cher and Me
Years ago, I had a dream where I sneaked a wireless mic into a Cher arena show, used a scanner to locate one of her backup singers wireless mic frequencies and then accompanied her on a duet of “Gypsies, Tramps…
The Internet Is Not A Phone Book
One of the things that makes our online sites different from lots of others is that we display our phone number prominently. If you’ve ever tried to contact Amazon or Ebay by phone, you know what I am talking about.…
Is This Any Way To Treat Your Best Customers?
I rarely go to the grocery store during the week, but I was out of the office this morning and stopped by to pick up something for lunch. I grabbed a couple of items and jumped in the express line. …
Get Your “Quiet” Idea Shouted From Coast To Coast
Jeff
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After a couple of years of supplying tape products to a high school robotics competition put on by an organization called US First, I had the opportunity to attend one of their competitions. What an eye opener! The North Carolina…
Are You Paying To Support “Orphans” You Haven’t Seen In Years?
In checking over our monthly American Express statement (I really should do this more often) I noticed a charge from Google Adwords for $20.83. I dug back a little further and found that this charge had been repeating itself on…
Press Blackout? Really?
I have regularly written about the value of ad supported trade publications for the concert production industry. They may be supported by advertisers, but they have lots of quality editorial content, and they are free. One of my favorites is…
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