The recent fervor over Dr. Seuss has me pondering children’s literature more broadly. I happen to be someone who loves the “classics” – I studied the entire Lewis Carroll oeuvre in university (Sylvie and Bruno anyone?) and have reread the Narnia chronicles a bajillion times. However, I’ve never read any…
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Aquaculture
This Thanksgiving, Consider Resetting Your Relationship With Food
It’s just the two of us this year for Thanksgiving, and while I feel a pang of disappointment about not getting to nurture my inner comfort-food chef, this will probably be the most memorable edition of this particular holiday in my life. It feels like a turning point, for so…
I Knew This Podcast Powerhouse When He Was ‘Just’ a Marketing Powerhouse
Over the past six months, my long-time friend Christopher Lochhead — the same guy who convinced me I COULD write a book, resulting in the July 2018 release of our book about entrepreneurship, Niche Down — has become a totally-on-fire host of not one but TWO podcasts. They’re related, of…
Nature
Amazon, Apple Go for the Photo Opp
Generally, you know a company is “serious” about a strategy when they march the chief executive officer out to be the mouthpiece or the face of it. Or at least that’s what the marketing gurus and guru-esses hope. So, I was intrigued by two recent announcements by two of the…
Is This Your Job?
This post has absolutely nothing to do with the core “mission” of this blog, at least overtly. Covertly, however, I love the idea that The New York Times is willing to send a writer to all of its “52 Places to Go” list! Their mission: “parachute into a place and…