David: Somebody left this in Mommy's garden next to the mailbox. What is it? Me: It's a phone book. Before the Internet, people used them to look up numbers.
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We used to visit Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton all the time when we lived in Concord (David was little then, and Sofia just a baby!). Now we still try and get up there once or twice a year. It's a great vibe for a fall, day especially because even though it's always busy [...]
I could not have asked for better day, or a better course, on which to run my first marathon, the Peak Performance Maine Marathon. The morning was clear and blue, about 45 degrees when I shed my fleece jacket and lined up for the start. With all the adrenalin and excitement, it felt perfect. We’d left [...]
It's four a.m., breakfast has been eaten and a first cup of coffee drunk. News read. Gear rechecked. In about 30 minutes I'll wake up Kris and my sister Ana and we'll head out for Portland, Maine. At 7:45 a.m. I'll start running my first marathon – and it's hard to describe just how excited, [...]
I've been working on putting together an email marketing panel for a newspaper industry conference at the end of this month (Oct. 30, Lowell, MA). The panel will discuss how newspapers can leverage existing assets to make more use of email marketing; both as a promotional tool and a revenue stream. It will showcase experts [...]
When brainstorming new ideas for interactive campaigns and products, it’s well worth a peruse through this gallery of winners from the MIXX (Marketing and Interactive Excellence) Awards. The conference was Sept. 23, 2008. Categories include digital integration, search marketing, brand awareness and positioning, social marketing, and a bunch more – and there’s some amazing work here. [...]

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