Apparently, in some ways, the book must have failed me, as its purpose was to cleanse forty-five years within the computer industry out of my system. Yet, some two and a half years after retiring, I still have vivid memories, primarily of those BCDVideo years through my retirement in July 2023. When Reputation Beats Price…
I guess it’s fortunate that the older I get, age 68 as I write this, incidents happen that cause me to reflect on both my personal and professional life. Because I am left-handed, I’ve always felt the rest of the world was backward; it certainly couldn’t have been me. Whatever the reason, it seemed that…
I miss the old days; old for me, anyway. As much as I was surfing that wave of technology starting in the early days of my computer career – dare I say, capitalizing on it – life was so much more honest back then. And the only thing “instant” back then may have been Minute…
The Character Who Taught Me Character It’s very hard to believe that my dad died twenty-four years ago, or will have on May 12 of this year, anyway. Two dozen years, and yet I still think of him every day. Some instance or situation pops in my head, and there he is, along with it.…
How Trusting Your Team Builds Stronger Teams and Better Leaders While it may seem like a reach to go from never-going-to-class college dropout to founding my own technology company, I certainly wasn’t the first. If anything, the least likely. I was pretty much a fuck-up my whole childhood. Some would say, and fairly, that my…
Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action. ~ Willem Dafoe Why Trust Is the Heart of Team Building Among the joys I had throughout my forty-five years within (and withstanding) the computer industry was team building. As I began to land large accounts, it was instrumental to have a knowledgeable team as the inside…
Without doubt, technology has really changed the world since the 1980s. I am not so sure whether it has made us lazier or better. Perhaps a little of both. The so-called “hot technology” when I landed feet-first in the computer industry a lifetime ago, in 1979, was the Sony Walkman. Visualize yourself walking down the street…
Our family was blessed with our first grandchild just over nine months ago. John Jeffrey – named after both my son-in-law’s late father and me – is his official name. His street name is Johnny. Grandpa Love: Finding Joy in Every New Moment Joanne and I have always had grand dogs throughout our forty-plus years…
How 1960s Music Shaped my Life and a Generation For as long as I can remember, starting in 1964 as a seven-year-old, music filled the void in my psyche. Of course, that all started with The Beatles for me and millions of others around the world. I started taking guitar lessons two weeks later, and…
Childhood Chaos and Painful Family Dynamics Growing up, I was one of four kids, plus a stepsister twelve years older than me. The stepsister, Judy, never had a chance after her dad married my mother. Especially after my sister was born seven years after my twin brother, Jim, and me. She became my mother’s sole…