We decided to host another rousing rendition of "LFTFTH" last week. I was a little slow off the mark to announce it but here it is none the less. Peter has the audio file and some great show notes. On behalf of myself and those in the show I'd like to appologize for the first 20 minutes. We were …

There's a lot of hype these days about the "web two point oh". A few of us here at silverorange have taken to calling it the "Web twenny". We started by jokingly calling it the Web Twenty because a lot of domains are soemthing like "www.theweb20iswickedawesomecool.com". Then we took out the extra …

One of my pet peeves of modern day communications is when someone decides that they will respond to my email with an immediate phone call. When someone emails me I presume that email is their preferred method of communication. Maybe they have laryngitis, maybe they are not at their usual phone …

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending a week backpacking in the remote back country of Newfoundland (see photos). Perhaps it was due to the tranquility of the week or maybe it was the clear thinking sometimes brought on by exhaustion, but on the ferry ride home a spark of a thought came …

Tonight, August 1, David Holtzman will be in the Commons for conversation, beer, and pizza.  •  Among many other things David is the former CTO of Network Solutions and founder of GlobalPOV.  •  Stop in at 6pm to join in on the coversation. There will be a bucket to make a donation towards the …

When you really sit down to think about it in this day and age you can’t have business without creativity. Business is all about coming up with new ideas, developing those ideas, then selling those ideas. Creativity is fueling today's top businesses.

Business relationships are often complex, confusing, and ever shifting. But if you strip away all of the traditions, formalities, and fluff you find they’re actually built upon a few very solid, very human, elements. Trust is one of them.  •  When people in one business decide to work with people …

Peter, Steve, and I had a spontaneous recording session today at lunch. What emerged is the fourth session of “Live from the Formosa Tea House”. We’ve begun to shrink our technical setup size and time so I’m sure you’ll be hearing more from us in the future.  •  We are long winded and like talking …

While at lunch today I came up with a funny idea for a t-shirt. “Your mom reads my blog” (click here to buy it). Steve whipped it up and it's now at my new Café Press store. While we were designing the first shirt, I came up with a variation on the theme. “Your mom subscribes to my RSS feed …