Just when you thought things were in cruise mode...BAAAMMM .... out of the blue life can deal you a wicked hand.   However, when this happens, you instantly know who your friends are.  The ones who support you and encourage you.  I have many such friends in Gotham.  I am also fortunate to have a very supportive family.  So in this instance, I was covered all the way around.  

Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence.  It is showing up in so many different ways.  You can’t even do a google search anymore without AI results.  

For me, Thanksgiving is all about the side dishes. It’s also about the frame of the turkey but that’s a blog for another day.  

It was that time again. Cannot ignore it. Cannot avoid it. Cannot delay it.  The outside office —at least of very last vestiges of it — got formerly closed yesterday.  Much of the work got done the preceding weekend.

Time is a funny thing. It’s always moving forward, unstoppable and unrelenting. Everything—people, plants, animals, even the things we create—has a time limit. Eventually, everything perishes, changes, or fades away. It’s a humbling thought but also fascinating.   I've been thinking about time a lot lately, especially when I reflect on my company’s journey. We’ve been building websites since 1997, and when I mention this to people, I sometimes get responses like, “Wow, that’s longer than I’ve been alive!”   

As you may know, Joanne and I share a wonderful 11 year old Schnoodle (Schnauzer/Poodle mix) named Charcoal (pictured).  As time went by, a pattern developed that the night shift was my sole responsibility.

This came from a colleague of mine. I think it is worth sharing.

Since moving from NY just over three years ago, we decided our previous dog Snowball, who was getting old at 15 at the time, would be better off staying with my Stepdaughter Ashley, in NY, who had been taking care of her mostly when she was living with us. Snowball passed this last March at the nice age of 17 and a half years old.