912 Empty Sky

September 12, 2001 -

The office was just north of the landing approach path at Ontario International Airport.

Located in the IE, it was a 'hub' for Southwest. The sight of those big planes coming in, it seemed like every 15 minutes, was routine.

Of course, that day, nothing was routine.

911- I've played this video on 9/11 since 2010. Super Bowl 2002.

Months after the attack, our country was numb and jumpy. 

Well before self-loathing Americans started calling our movements in the Middle East "invasion" and "occupation", patriotism was on every street corner.

I remember that night; I remember seeing it live.  I can't tell you the football teams playing, but I can say it was one of the deepest, most moving TV moments, ever.

U2 - that Irish rock band, stood on the world stage, honoring the greatest country on earth and her fallen citizens.  Names float to the sky, as the rousing "Where the Streets Have No Name" beats on.  

The song, the second of the half-time set,  was written about a place without class stigma, where the distinction between religions and income is no more; a World Without Sin?

Keypoint Survey Reflects What We Already Knew - "Ai Will Remove Paper From the Process"

"Ai doesn't work with paper. At all."

I know, I know - the paperless office "will never happen".  It's been predicted for decades but you're still selling copiers, aren't you?  Still shipping toner, right?  Tick Tock, the clock is winding, we are a few strokes away from midnight.

Boys of Fall

"...there's so many people who live vicariously through you..."

Is Being on LinkedIN Good for Selling?

Yes.  Yes it is.

The platform has been around longer than dirt.  Not really.  I joined in 2008 but wasn't part of the LI first gen.  LinkedIn has outlasted many and is truly Business oriented, moving away from the 'recruiter' stigma of the early days.

Today, if you're not on LI, as a business, you're small potatoes', non-existent.  

Happy Friday - One Year Later

Cause you deserve much more than this hole in my chest

'Cause I gave half to them halfway lovers

I left some to them too-drunk summers

Left a piece in the bar with the keys to my car

I know I'm never gettin' it back

I lost a lot to that whiskey sippin'

I gave the rest to that rockstar livin'

Take all of me, but there's one thing missin'

Baby, I can't give you what don't belong to me

Is the Death of the Copier Here.

I was surprised to read the headline:

"What’s keeping the enterprise from a paperless future?"

The date was August 15, 2024. Here.

2024.  I started this blog in 2008 because I saw the beginning of the end of the photocopier; printers, scanners, digital documents, faster more efficient business processes and workflows were part and parcel of the business world enabling better results: lower costs, higher revenues, and growing sales.

It's been a long time coming but reading it today is a bit nostalgic and 'analog'.