My new job has me traveling a bit. On one hand that means airport cuisine, countless nights camping out in hotel rooms and the constant complaining of my confused internal clock. But on the other hand it means exploration. Sure, my travel is business related…but I’ll gladly exchange lack of sleep for slipping away to [...]

Tracking social media effectiveness is not easy. As more and more companies enter the social media waters, they all face the challenge of tracking the ROI from their efforts. This is not a new challenge or topic. But as the market is increasingly flooded with social media “experts,” I see more and more focus being [...]

Everyone knows that newspapers are reeling. This week, David Simon (former Baltimore Sun reporter and creator of the wire) testified at a Senate hearing committe on the status of newspapers. He lambasted new media and old media…the former for being amateur and the latter for “butcher[ing] itself…at the behest of Wall Street and the same [...]

While in Jamaica, Brei and I took a trip to see Bob Marley’s birthplace in the small town of Nine Mile in Saint Ann parish. Bob is buried there, along with his brother, mother and several other family members. He is buried in a small chapel next to the house he was born in, within [...]