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Re-syndicated from LATimes.com The scenario is all too familiar: A love affair that started out wildly romantic and adventurous grows bitter and dreary over the years. Communication breaks down. Disappointments replace dreams. And before you know it, the relationship seems unsalvageable. Or is it? COUNSELOR: OK, let’s just start by really listening to one another. Continue Reading →

Limb-stepping time, in terms of winning choices for this year’s Emmy Awards. Here’s my roundup of how the major categories will go down. Love hearing whether you agree or disagree, so feel free to comment below. Fox will televise the Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 18. Comedy Series: Modern Family No sophomore slump here. The best Continue Reading →

Re-syndicated from MENGonline.com Do you want to get hired, promoted, or “just” keep your job?  The two secret words to achieving these objectives are “uniquely useful.” Useful is fairly obvious:  can you do what needs to be done? Think of this as a pass-fail test. I admit the test isn’t always executed fairly. We all Continue Reading →

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” —Winston Churchill There has been a long running debate in social sciences, military strategy, online advertising and marketing circles. The language used for each field obscured the fact that the debate was really one and the same. Since few folks move from one discipline Continue Reading →

Saying that there are a ton of sites for kids on the Internet is like saying there’s a lot of sand on the beach.  Sifting through all the sites out there to find the good and avoid the bad can be quite the daunting task especially with all the new sites popping up.  Should my Continue Reading →

Losing certain objects is like losing certain parts of our personal lives.   We can set stuff down and forget to pick it up, or get our entire bag stolen at a coffee shop or airport.  It seems like we had it one second and the next it’s gone.  Whether it happens through villainy or absentmindedness, Continue Reading →

The first time I came across what was being called at the time a snowflake, I was doing work with an international shipping company.  UPS was using them to track documents and packages.  This way they could find out the status of the letter you sent to Hong Kong or Barcelona.  Very efficient way to Continue Reading →

The purpose of design is not to showcase your brand in the best light possible. The purpose of design is about communicating your perception of the customer. Develop a micro site with numerous ‘Buy now’ and ‘Purchase here’ buttons, and you tell everybody that you consider your customers as pure consumers. Create a micro site Continue Reading →

Google TV’s chances for a second coming, showcased a few months ago in this column, may have turned brighter. If so, you can thank a $12.5 billion bet in of all things, hardware. The hardware bet is Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the side of Motorola normally associated with mobile phones and smartphones. Naturally, most Continue Reading →

The FCC announced last week that it is throwing out the Fairness Doctrine along with 80 other rules it considers “outdated and obsolete.” The Fairness Doctrine was originally put into effect in 1949 by the FCC to ensure that radio stations and, at the time, the few newly licensed TV stations presented opposing views of controversial issues of Continue Reading →