Word Press 2.6.1

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown Written by Karen D. Swim I spent the better part of the day in WordPress purgatory. As is typical with all things technical,there is no chicken exit. Once you start you are all in until the deed is done or you have broken something and need to call in an [...]

Adventures in the Real World

Image by gniliep via Flickr Written by Karen D. Swim Happy Friday! I hope this has been a good week for everyone. I hit the pause button yesterday and enjoyed hanging out in the “real world.” It was nice to take a break on a day I would normally be working. The brief break validated [...]

Hitting the Pause Button

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim This week I have stayed up way too late watching the Olympics and tweeting about it. Yes, I know I can watch it online or even TiVo for watching during waking hours, but I just can’t pull myself away.  Yes, yes I know I too protest China’s [...]

Don’t Drink the Haterade

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim Lately, there is a disturbing trend sweeping the blogosphere.  People for no apparent reason are devoting considerable time and effort to disparage, discourage and attack their cyberspace brethren.  Was there a meeting of the Society of Mean People that revitalized their mission statement to create a wake [...]

The 5 Marketing Lessons I Learned From Don Cheadle

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim Don Cheadle is a fabulous actor. In fact he is so good you may not recognize his name. It is this incredible talent that makes Cheadle a role model for awesome, knock your socks off marketing. Cheadle allows his role to be the star. Cheadle lets the [...]