January 2011
7 posts
I hit my goal weight. Then I gained 3 pounds.
I hit my goal weight Wednesday. That’s 176 pounds. Lose It, the program I use to track calories and exercise, told me I could have an extra 900 calories per day of food. 900 calories! That’s two-thirds of the total calories I’d been eating! What a great way to celebrate! That was Wednesday. I’ve gained three pounds since. So now I’m back on my 1400-calorie-a-day...
December 2010
10 posts
My favorite Christmas house in the neighborhood
They decorate without restraint.
Work with me at The CMO Site
Like I said earlier, I recently started work as editor in chief of a new site, The CMO Site. The site focuses on technology and marketing, including Internet and social media marketing. The audience is CMOs and high-level marketing executives for big businesses. Now we’re looking for another editor, a senior editor position, to work with me on writing — lots of writing — managing...
Forlorn stuffed flamingo lying on a footpath at...
I have no idea how it got there.
The problem with customer satisfaction surveys
Customer satisfaction surveys never ask the right questions. If you find a cockroach in your dessert, the customer satisfaction survey asks you all about your salad.
Computer security needs to be less of a pain in...
I recently got a new Macbook Pro (yay!) and have been getting it configured the way I like it this week. This means I’ve been spending a ridiculous amount of time entering passwords, verifications code, and software registrations into various form fields. This is all supposed to protect us against criminals. But the defense measures rob us of another important resource—time. They are extremely...
Why we live in San Diego
Our new toaster
Julie got it. I don’t know how well it toasts, but it looks great and that’s what matters.
Fountain at Bryant Park, New York
Empire State Building from Herald Square