January 2010
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Fire Yourself
I fired myself over the weekend.
Not literally, but in a sense that I took a moment to detach from my current role and points of progress on projects with the idea of coming in Monday as if I were a new hire. The mindset brings a fresh perspective to projects, a renewed energy to the same position and a forced cleaning of the email inbox. As personnel, project and/or content managers, it is easy...
December 2009
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Anatomy of Petters Verdict Report
As a chain of 20 guilty verdicts were read by the jury in the trial of Tom Petters, a chain of communication was at work in the newsroom this evening.
Our reporter, Bill Keller, was on the phone with our assignment editors, within earshot of my desk as I was filing a report on the reaching of a verdict. As word of the first guilty verdict came down, I started to publish an update on our...
November 2009
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My Take on Cyber Monday
My former college roommate and interactive marketing pro Kareem Ahmed posed an open question on his blog today on participation in Cyber Monday. Here’s my comment to Kareem’s post:
I lump Cyber Monday in with lack Friday as two “events” that go against the grain of what the holiday season is meant to be. I’ve had a great debate with family members this season.
Last year, we all...
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The Positive Side of the Recession
I’ve seen this recession put a lot of weight on a good handful of people close to me. In the grand scheme of things, this economic crisis has been bad for just about everybody, but there have been some bright spots to come out of it.
When we realized our state and nation were in for the long haul, we launched a franchise at the station called Surviving the Economy. It highlighted people who...
October 2009
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3rd Parties
Every time I get an email, a meeting request or conference call dial-in info regarding a third party application orsolution it makes me cringe.
The products these third parties develop are often times very solid. It’s the third party thing I have a problem with. They are never seamless. Sometimes it’s the overall look-and-feel, sometimes it’s the administrative console and most...
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Christopher Kimball's Op-Ed and the Future of...
I’m a very food-obsessed person, so I’ve been following the news of Conde Nast shutting down Gourmet very closely and monitoring the fallout and reaction from it. A few local chefs are devastated, and editor Ruth Reichl was set to make an appearance this Saturday at the Twin Cities Book Festival (appearance has since been canceled).
Yesterday, Christopher Kimball (Cook’s Illustrated...