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Are Your Customers Content with Your Content?

Last week was my birthday. I have some traditions that I have followed for years. I like to go out for an exceptional meal that I rarely treat myself to. In Chicago, I had some great Hibachi steak houses that I would visit because I loved watching the meal being prepared in front of me…

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To Pay or Not to Pay… That is the Question?

Some of the most famous words in marketing and advertising are: “But Wait… There's More!” With TV infomercials, it's often associated with getting people to see all of the FREE extra stuff you can get if you act fast. Note… everybody gets that extra stuff—usually cheap crap to make you feel like you can't get…

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What's the Deal with 2025?

This time of year, the two weeks around Christmas and New Year's, always seem like a blur. It's hard to remember what day today is, especially when both holidays fall in the middle of a week. Business generally grinds to a halt with people and companies taking vacations. TV is filled with retrospectives of the…

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That One Thing… The Price Of Eggs

Have you seen the price of eggs? I have not, but I hear it's high. It is a battle cry for those who go to the grocery store and see that their cart has less, yet they are paying more. I buy 1/2 carton of eggs every few weeks and rarely finish them all. My…

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Superman vs The Boogeyman

I was listening to an interview about energy. One of the little-known facts about AI is that it requires power… Lots of POWER! A single query in a generative AI model may use as much energy as turning on a lightbulb for one hour. Generating two images with AI could use as much energy as…

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AI Machine Learning vs “I” Human Learning

AI (artificial intelligence) is everywhere. You can find it in writing programs, graphics programs, social and email distribution tools, and even golf clubs. Golf Clubs? As in the kind you swing? There is a golf driver (club) called AI Smoke. I think the only thing “AI” is the design. There is no computer or link…

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