Spring in Chicago

The woods are dull and brown,
The air is damp and chilled,
A robin sings,
It is spring in Chicago.

Vote early

I voted early in the Chicago election - we voted last Saturday. It is always interesting to think about the options......about who will win and who will lose. Who cares most about Chicago and who will help the city the most? Vote early!

Good luck to Egypt's people!

It is true that the souls in people yearn for freedom. What happened in Egypt this week is more than extraordinary. It shook up a lot of people and energized even more. The U.S. must support the people's efforts for democracy - I hope they will let us help. The fact that demographic changes played such an important role is amazing. Most of the protestors were younger than 30, and had known no other leader except Mubarak. The images of happiness, tears of joy, and the determination on the faces of the people have been seen around the world. It made me wonder what would have happened here in the U.S. if the Revolutionary war was influenced by immediate communication such as Facebook and Twitter. The fact that news traveled slowly then worked both to advantage and disadvantage for sure. Good luck to the people of Egypt. What a proud time for you,

Snow in Austin!

I'm writing this from the Red Cheetah Coalition Conference in Austin, Texas. This is a place where entrepreneurs from the business products industry get together to talk about the technology they use. It is a dynamic group of people and I really enjoy talking with the attendees. My team and I barely made it here due to the record-breaking snowfall in Chicago. We managed to get out of O'Hare somehow though. Now, however, it has snowed here in Texas. We are hoping it will all be gone before we have to get back to Chicago tomorrow. This group is so eager to get information and I delivered a keynote to them this morning on the value of adaptive marketing. They were thoughtful and asked great questions. It is good to get out of the office and talk to customers regularly. Sometimes I think I don't do it enough - that is a goal for the new year!