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Top News Stories of 2011
In January of this year I came up with the idea to keep a running list of the “Big News Stories of 2011″. It’s around this time of year, that I always enjoy thinking back on the memorable events of …
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Book Review: Bruce Catton’s A Stillness at Appomattox
The third book in Bruce Catton’s non-fiction Civil War trilogy, A Stillness at Appomattox, came to my attention via a lofty recommendation. It was described as an accurate, heavily footnoted work which reads like a well-written work of …
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Thank You, Mr. Jobs
As our second daughter was born a week and a half ago, I haven’t had time lately to peruse my usual news outlets. However, last night before bed, we’d laid Paige down, and I had a spare moment to browse …
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Celebrating 10 Years in Business
Tomorrow will be the 10th anniversary of michaelwender.com. I started this business in my old bedroom at my parents house, and through the years it has grown into an enterprise servicing over seventy clients all across the United States and …
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New Business Cards, Conversation Starters
My new business cards arrived this past weekend. On the front they have my name, a listing of four areas of my expertise, and my email address. This is plenty enough information for someone to get in touch with me; …
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Sharing Your Expertise
In their 1993 paper, made famous in Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, K. Anders Ericsson et al argue that to become an expert at something (think violinist, concert pianist, etc) you must log 10,000 or more hours of practice…
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Summer Reading Highlights
I realize it’s a lost pastime in our culture; however, in the hopes that the right material will inspire some of you, here are some titles that I’ve either read recently or am currently working on…
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Pictography Banner Ad on weblogtoolscollection.com
In an effort to get the word out about Pictography, today I purchased some prime ad space over on the Weblog Tools Collection blog. The spot appears on all pages and posts of the site. Since the site …
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Straight from Bogotá – My Photo of Neyland Stadium in a Colombian Magazine
While I was working in the home office this morning, I looked up to see a DHL van parked in our driveway. After signing my name, the driver handed me a package which smelled like fresh paper. Inside I found …