Mobium

My thoughts at the end of a Friday at the end of a long week are minimal. Okay, so the decent, publishable ones are minimal. The garbage, you can’t say that to anyone out loud, probably shouldn’t be thinking that…

So I got on the elevator Friday morning with two other people who work somewhere in our building.  A young woman in her 20’s and an man who looked to be late thirties, none of us knowing one another.  We…

I don’t have an IPOD yet.  I know, I know. What’s wrong with me?  Why am I so backward?  I‘ve already bought them for the kids.  My wife hasn’t wanted one.  She gets nervous with the TV remote control and…

Capturing new business, primarily in the agency world, is much like dating.
First, you get the offer to meet up, in the form of an RFP or an RFI. Often, it comes by way of networking or an introduction from a…

I left the office late one night, carrying the agency’s big black leather portfolio, and waited for what felt like forever for the bus. In between my office building and my front door, three different people asked me about the…

I remember when traveling on business was somewhat enjoyable.

Of course, that was a few years after the Mad Men era during the fall of the three-martini lunch.

It was a time when you could travel in the middle of the day.…

A recent survey of design engineers (Machine Design magazine) identified a number of factors that contribute to stress on the job.  Design engineers rated them in terms of being causes of stress for them.  I wonder how many of these…