10 free iPad Wallpapers Got one of the two million new iPads out in the wild? Grab yourself one (or all) of these free wallpapers derived from photos I’ve taken over the years. iPad wallpapers are 1024×1024 pixels (square to adapt for rotation). Click on any image to get the various versions and choose full…
“We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, nothing can grow there; too much, and the best of us is washed away.” “There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we…
Know when to skimp and when to splurge Have you ever noticed that people skimp on the strangest things? For example, I moved into a new office complex at Blue Sky Factory and the new place had neither a coffeemaker nor a filtered water system. However, the new place has plenty of other expensive amenities…
Mandatory viewing, especially if you’re thinking at all about education and how badly we’re failing the generations of students now in school. Read more at TED.com. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com! Want to take your conference or…
Bringing back the morning numbers tweet A long time ago (by Internet standards, anyway) I used to tweet out a bunch of financial indicators, in the days when I did a financial podcast. After making the move to Blue Sky Factory and the the world of email marketing, I lost touch with some of the…
In an effort to remind myself to take and post more photos, we’ll have a little fun called Photo Friday. Click for a larger version This is a sunrise I’ve been waiting to take ever since starting to work for Blue Sky Factory email marketing. It’s a reservoir near my house, not too far from…
The marketing pitch cookie Have you ever heard of the fortune cookie joke where you add “… in bed” to every fortune? For example, these standard-issue fortunes become much funnier: “You are talented in many ways.” “Any rough times are behind you.” “Decide what you want and go for it.” “Many a false step is…
How you sold me at triple price I’ve been in the market for an arborist – a tree professional that can take care of some dead wood and pruning in my yard on some very old trees. I’m far more capable when it comes to pruning databases than I am dogwoods, so I solicited bids…
Fighting slander with a champion At the recent NEDMA conference keynote, an audience member asked a very insightful question: In an age when the power of a single voice can be amplified so loud that it can take down a company or a brand, what recourse do we have? What a powerful question, and certainly…
