It All Relevant

A few days ago I wrote about the changes with Google search algorithm. The folks at Revvim have now come forward with a new video series called Workshop Wednesday, designed to help digital marketers uncover and better understand the challenges their facing. In this week's video Matt LeBaron goes into detail about the importance of … Read more

No Surprise Mitel Gets Acquired

A private equity firm, Searchlight, is buying Mitel for 2 Billion dollars reports TechCrunch. This is no surprise but clearly the buy of Shoretel helped as the cloud focus of Shortel is the direction where things are heading, while Mitel has a large list of legacy telco customers. It's an interesting buyout by a PE … Read more

2018 Santa Barbara Vintners Festival

This weekend I ventured up to Lompoc and the 36th Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival. Having been to previous events as far back the early 90s the event, the participants and the attendees has clearly changed, as has the tone of the event over the years. The crowd was more local. The tone more subdued. … Read more

2016 Tercero Cabernet Franc Aberration

Tercero Wines Larry Schaffer is a long time wine industry renegade. He doesn't make wine for critics. He doesn't chase scores and he epitomizes the spirit of a Rhone Ranger. That's why every time I get the chance to taste something that isn't only oh so Rhoney from him, I jump at it.  Yesterday I … Read more

Working Anywhere is Back

I started this blog long before the concept of Working From Home, Working in Coffeeshops, Co-Working or anything more than the concept of teleworking was the way it was described.  There was no WeWork. No SecondHome. I used Regus locations all over the world as I needed to, and still do. Having a UPS store … Read more

Relevance Matters

My SEO guru friend Steven Ray Marshall shared something with me this morning about Google's search algorithm changing and what it means.  It comes down to RELEVANCE…For all the years I wrote about VoIP, one of the reasons VoIPWatch ranked on the first page of Google for so long, which is how I got to … Read more

Relevance Matters

My SEO guru friend Steven Ray Marshall shared something with me this morning about Google's search algorithm changing and what it means.  It comes down to RELEVANCE…For all the years I wrote about VoIP, one of the reasons VoIPWatch ranked on the first page of Google for so long, which is how I got to … Read more