Category Archives: Weblog as Power Tool

What I write about and why

I have had some readers send me emails recently complaining that this blog is no longer about country life and retirement. I have news for them. It never was. You might say that I observe and blog about country life … Continue reading

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Broken Business Models

Telemarketers, publishers, and politicians take note: It’s tough to accept the fact that your business model is fatally flawed, if it has been producing results for many years, but things have changed irrevocably with the advent of Internet forums and … Continue reading

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Jim Zumbo – object lesson for bloggers

This is not about guns or gun ownership. It is a tale about the power of blogging and what happens when you use your online publishing power unwisely. Jim Zumbo was one of the "good old boys" of hunting. He … Continue reading

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How NOT to use the Internet

I was talking with a local beverage maker today and she told me that she was in the midst of bottling last year’s production. That caught my interest, as it would make an interesting story about a recent startup that … Continue reading

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