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BACON – Chapter 3: Babies, Puppies & BACON

What’s your image? Babies are cute, puppies are cute, and bacon is not cute, but I bet your mouth watered a little bit. What if someone recently lost a baby? Maybe they are a cat person? What if they are an animal rights activist or vegan? Then, those first statements could not be any farther…

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Is it Time to Get New Business Cards?

It's hard to believe that close to three and a half years ago almost all business came to a screeching halt. In-person work, meetings, and business were severely affected. No matter how you feel about viruses, masks, and the shutdowns, it was a time of uncertainty, panic, and disruption. One part of building and maintaining…

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What Does BACON Have To Do with POOP?

I was excited and honored to be the keynote speaker at a national conference where the words… CRAP, SH!T, and POOP are in every presenter's speech and are spoken openly and frequently in almost every conversation had with attendees. It was the 2023 APAWS National Conference in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. APAWS is the Association…

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Could You Improve a Customer's Journey with Artificial Intelligence Marketing?

Last week, I made a mistake. I grabbed a soda out of a cooler, and it was a Diet Pepsi. I'm living in Pepsi Country. Pepsi was founded in nearby New Bern, North Carolina. But I gave up diet drinks a while ago because I don't like the taste of artificial sweeteners. Artificial is generally…

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Making Connections… Where are the Wires?

CONNECTIONS I grew up with wires, LOTS OF WIRES. Being a musician and an audio-video and computer geek, I still have bins filled with wires. Audio cables with RCA, XLR, TRS, TOSLINK, MIDI, and banana clip connectors. Video cables with BNC, VGA, DVI, S-VIDEO, and HDMI connectors. Computer cables with SCSI, Ethernet, USB, Thunderbolt, Firewire,…

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