Yesterday I did something I hardy ever do, namely, I attended a work event on a Saturday. As a father of five my Saturdays are set aside for family time and activities, but in this case a team of us from Fresh decided to attend WordCamp Seattle 2012 and it was well worth the time. The sessions were […]

Seattle, we have a problem and I need your help. Anyone who is busy likely has, and on more than one occasion, said something like, “I’m so busy I could use a clone.” Being an entrepreneur I decided to actually DO something about it and I commissioned one. It was a remarkably easy process and […]

This post is about ditch digging. When I was in high school the motivational statement my folks used to encourage me to go to college went something like this: “If you don’t go to college you’ll be a ditch-digger.” Oh, this statement sounds familiar to you too? I think it was popular for years. Maybe […]

You may have heard by now about Fresh’s upcoming conference, Social Media Day. We could not be more thrilled to produce this event following our Social Media 201 and Social Media 301 events in 2010 and 2011, respectively. This post explains a little about why this conference at this time and what’s in it for […]

Lots of people have been asking me about my Twitter Bio lately. I changed it a few months ago for a few reasons. It used to state that I was the President of Fresh Consulting. While true, I wondered if stating it in that manner would put some people off and they would not want to […]

This is so good is deserves its own blog post!! Fresh Cranberry Ice 4 Cups (1lb bag) cranberries 2 Cups sugar 4 Cups water 1 Cup orange juice ¼ Cup fresh lemon juice Orange rind grated (optional) Put cranberries into a pan with water. Bring to a boil and simmer gently, until all the cranberries […]

My first wife, Deborah, saved lots and lots of our children’s clothes as they grew up. With our three kids, two girls and a boy, we had many bins of clothes and shoes stored in our garage and there was barely room for anything else. I think we helped Rubbermaid exceed their quarterly earnings targets […]

While dining with a buddy today at Five Guys Burgers in Redmond an interesting thing happened. Wait – before I get to that interesting thing – while we were at Five Guys a bunch of my buddy’s teammates from Microsoft also came in for lunch. We truly were practicing Never Eat Alone in this crowd. […]

Smell is one of the strongest memory triggers. When my wife and I first met online one of her questions was about my favorite smells and I told her that the scent of bacon reminded my of my childhood. We had an elderly neighbor next door and the scent of bacon cooking on a crisp […]