If I ever have a bit of downtime, I usually do a quick scan of the homepages of newspapers and magazines. Only recently have I been cruising over to The Atlantic's Web site. Today, Richard Florida's blog post on where ...Read More

I might be going to this newsy, digital-ly BarCamp in Philly this weekend with a couple of Pennsylvania friends from the Patriot-News. It makes sense to go to this event since its relatively close, and especially since I have major doubts ...Read More

I have not updated this humble blog in a while because I just returned from a short three-day break in Los Angeles after three weeks in San Jose. In the last month, I was consulting for Meg Whitman's gubernatorial campaign ...Read More

One positive aspect of being laid off is that I was offered this opportunity to work in California for three weeks as a consultant on a Web site. While having dinner and drinks with my boss and a newly-made friend, ...Read More

As I read and hear more stories about layoffs, I started to lose tolerance for when people use "fired" instead of "laid off." I know people who got "fired"—It probably meant something went very wrong somewhere. People who get "laid ...Read More