I’m sitting in my room at the Fairfield Inn in Indianapolis, cruising down that old Information Highway via their free (and speedy) wi-fi. I keep flashing back to the mid-90’s when even sending an email was agonizing at 16.2. And I was uploading audio files and images. It was tediouss beyond all description. And now I’m blazing along as though I were sitting at my desk at Learfield HQ. I know, I know… it’s like the Aboriginal tribesman standing at the kitchen sink, turning the water off and on. Amazed at this mirical. I will NEVER take a fast net connection for granted.
Category Archives: Personal History
Road Trip (2006)
Light (no?) posting for a couple of days. Off to Tulsa for a last visit with my brother and his family before they return to Indonesia. Gonna miss ’em. Probably won’t see them again for 2 or 3 years. Next trip will be to enroll Ryan in college. We’ve had some good visits and they’re ready to go “home.”
New look for Learfield.com
Andy and I have been working…or not working…or thinking about working on a new look for the Learfield corporate website for most of a year. And tonight we “relaunched.” Tomorrow a few hundred people will start calling and emailing to tell me they can’t find something on the company intranet or that they think the new look sucks. Or both. But that’s all part of the drill. The site is three years old and way past dew for a make-over. The new design has lots of white space and has a nice, open feel about it.
I’m reminded of the early days (1996?) when we put up the first FrontPage monstrosities. Nobody gave a second thought to websites back then so it didn’t matter if they looked like shit. Or maybe we just hadn’t seen enough good sites to recognize bad ones. No more. Increasingly, the worlds first impression of your company is the website and it better look good, have some useful content and be well organized. It is a never ending struggle. But it’s time for a cold Bud.
Stickers! More stickers!
We have a long way to go. Send those stickers to: smays c/o Learfield Communications, 505 Hobbs Rd., Jefferson City, MO 65109
Blog anniversary beers
This Friday (February 3rd) will be the fourth anniversary of smays.com and I’m going to mark the occasion by attempting to drink four cold beers. I invite any bloggers and/or readers to join me at Chili’s right after work (five-ish). If I succeed in drinking four beers, I probably shouldn’t drive so please bring this phone number (Checker Cab) with you: 636-7101. It’s possible you’ll be the only one that shows up and I don’t want to throw up in your car.