by Bill Wren on September 26, 2011
I lived in Alberta for roughly twenty years before moving to New Brunswick about five years ago. Over the last few days, I’ve discovered one of the hazards of having lived there for so long. You are never where you were. (If you’re impatient, just scroll to the end for the capper.)
by Bill Wren on September 11, 2011
For what seems years now, I’m been hearing about leadership. I’ve been in conferences, read books and seen countless posts online about how you have to be a leader. Everyone on a team has to lead. It’s in leadership that success lies.
by Bill Wren on August 25, 2011
(Review of Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) When I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores (translated by Edith Grossman), a novella published in English in 2005, I did not like it. I’ve recently re-read it and found it much more rewarding. I believe my first reading was [...]
by Bill Wren on July 26, 2011
I found myself wondering if Google might be the first company to actually get social media by focusing on the word social and realizing something was lacking in a big way in the world of social networks and technology generally. This was after having watched Andrew Keen’s interview about Google+ with Vic Gundotra (Google’s VP [...]
by Bill Wren on July 22, 2011
Although I’m using Google+ I know absolutely nothing about it. And I’ve yet to find the time to really explore it. The comforting thing is knowing that no one else knows anything about it. Everything is speculation. People using it now are early adopters — and that is worrisome. Early adopters tend to be more [...]
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