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This is a photo from February of this year immediately after the big snowstorm that hit Dallas. Beautiful colors and wonderful scenery. Captured with a Canon 5D with Canon 24-105 L lens. Some levels adjustments in Photoshop. EXIF: f/4.5, 1/500 sec, ISO800, 24mm, +1EV exposure adjustment. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints [...]
I’ve recently moved back into the world of trading stocks and options. Most of what I’m doing is small stuff but I’m enjoying it and making some money. Some quick history – me and trading/investing In the past, I’d been into investing quite heavily with the ‘buy and hold’ approach. Find a company with good [...]
This is based on a true story…its long but worth it…I hope. As long as Little Johnny could remember, he wanted to be ‘the boss’. He came from a long line of bosses. His Dad was an important boss. His grandfather was too. In fact, his grandfather was fairly well known in some circles as [...]
Social Media Marketing Won’t Fix Your Infrastructure Problem by David Armano on Logic+Emotion Quote: Every business has a series of systems and infrastructure in place to keep it running. Even if the goal is to EVOLVE the communications/marketing arm of your organization because you fundamentally believe that the game is changing—there is no way to [...]
Tracie and I went down to Highland Park in Dallas to look at Christmas lights this weekend. Saw this tree and thought it was beautiful. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 17-40 L handheld. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.
This was originally posted on InfoBoom. Reposting here for my regular readers. I recently wrote a post titled Social – A Culture, not a tool that describes a “light bulb moment” that a friend of mine had when thinking about Social media’s use in marketing and PR. In that post, I outline how a friend [...]
We are quickly coming up to the end of 2010. Most people are winding down for the holidays….perfect time to grab a few good books during the down time. Below are some books that I think would be perfect reading for everyone in IT, IT Leadership roles and any/all CIO’s. Heck…most would be good reading [...]
Unlocking the Mayor Badge of Meaninglessness by Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review Quote: Social media needs to enlarge its blinkered, myopic perspective on what the social really means. Trivialization, dehumanization, enslaved by the promise of a point, a badge, or a trophy, another friend, follower, or fan — that’s the very definition of antisocial [...]
Here’s a shot of a Tufted Titmouse. Captured with a Canon 1D Mark iII with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or if you like my photography, feel free to support my addiction habit by buying some prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com. [...]
Social Media has brought a real danger to the forefront of society. It’s not the security risks that might be inherent in social media, although there are many of these types of risks. It’s not the many inherent dangers that might be found in social media, although they are valid dangers. It’s not the very real and very serious [...]
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