Archive for January, 2012

Our Internet Free Week – The Result

Posted 24 January 2012 | By | Categories: Education | 1 Comment

FF   It was a long time coming when I decided last week to unplug my family from our various forms of electronic entertainment – TV, Internet, video games (XBOX, Wii, 3DS).  It was an experiment born from frustration, and you’ll be interested to know that it was mostly successful.  I say mostly because of [...]

A Week Free from the Internet – An Experiment

Posted 16 January 2012 | By | Categories: Education | 6 Comments

FF I‘ve gotten sufficiently annoyed recently by one of my sons (and I’m not going to say which one) and his dependence on electronic entertainment that I’ve decided to run a family experiment. This morning I unplugged the television, took away the Nintendo DS’s, and banned them from the Internet. To be completely fair to [...]

Jonny Chan of TBG Digital is a Weasel

Posted 03 January 2012 | By | Categories: guest posts, SEO & SEM | 1 Comment

FF Today we have a guest post by Dennis Yu. Jonny Chan of TBG Digital is a Weasel by Dennis Yu Jonny Chan is a clever kid.  He’s worked on some of the largest Facebook ad campaigns to deliver tremendous results.  But two years ago, he knew little about Facebook ads.  He messaged me constantly, [...]

Resolutions are for Suckers — and Me

Posted 01 January 2012 | By | Categories: Holiday | 3 Comments

PP I have a theory about resolutions.  But first, to be clear, I don’t like resolutions even though I repeatedly make them.  Resolutions are preemptive failure admissions.  The declaration of a resolution is, many more times than not, really just an announcement concerning the thing you’re about to fail.  And guess what I do every [...]