Complete Fulfillment

We recently took our girls Katelyn (4) and Addison(2) to Lisa Cornell over at Light and Shadow Photography.  This is the second time that we have taken our girls to Lisa and both times she has done an amazing job.  Her studio is at her house and she has an amazing way with our girls. 

 

As you can see in the pictures the girls have a great experience and that comes out in the pictures.  In the past we have done pictures at lots of places – the first year of Katelyn’s life she had photos every month.  We don’t get around to that as much any more but there is no question that if you want to end up with great pictures that bring your kids to life you should go see Lisa over at Light and Shadow. 

I have yet to meet Lisa as my wife has taken them both times but I have always been impressed with the variety of pictures she produces.  Many of the poses are what I call real life pictures.  The girls are playing and don’t always seemed posed – these end up some of the best picture.

 

Professional pictures can tend to be expensive but we get a ton of pictures for the price.  One of the best things is that she will sell you a CD with all the pictures taken and you have the rights to them.  She also has the small things nailed.  She gives you a small leather book with all the pictures and the CD is in a beautifully designed box. 

The true test of business is would you recommend them to your friends?  For our family that is an easy and emphatic YES.

The original video of this was eye opening enough. I don't know that this is the official version of this as many versions have been done. This one is very up to date and is even more amazing. If you have never seen this take 5 minutes to watch - it will be educational. I think all Americans should watch this. The current economy has been fairly eye opening for most Americans but many have never been through true hard times and they are use to America being on top. This video should tell those people to get off your butt and start working for what you want. Although Americans work many don't know there can be anything any different.

I came across this video interview of Tim O'Reilly by Robert Scoble.  I have been watching both of these people on Twitter recently.  They both are very connected and are looked at as leaders in social media.  Tim O'Reilly is the person that coined the term Web 2.0.  This is part one of a two part series.  For me this gets interesting about 17 minutes in where they start talking social media.  There are many other great interviews on ScobleizerTV.

I cam across this great new app for the iphone that allows you to voice dial, search (google & yahoo), map and status update for twitter and facebook. One of the best things for viral marketing is that I am writting this blog post in the video player of their demo.

I read an interesting article in outside magazine that put the nation (and world's) energy needs in perspective. Now I have no idea if these estimates are correct but I trust that this is a very smart guy at MIT that is respected by the energy community. His name is Daniel Nocera and he thinks that he may have found the solution to the nation and world's energy problems.

Here is some sound advice and why anyone jumping on Greg Oden's case should take a flying leap.

I found a great artcile by Jack and Suzy Welch today in Business Week.  I like the approach it takes.  It may not be the right solution overall but it doesn't involve just giving them money.  It requires them to fight through bankruptcy and emerge a better more competitive merged company.  As the US moves forward they are going to have to realize that the global landscape is requiring change and competition in new ways.  The auto industry is finally having to face this fact.  This is a good article and worth the read.

Technorati has published a State of the Blogosphere 2008 Report on their website. It is worth a read. The graphic below is one of the most interesting stats. You always hear about how many blogs are out there which is true but only a fraction are active. Blogs are so easy and free to create it should not be surprising.

 

 

 

The report breaks down into the following sections.

• Day 1: Who Are the Bloggers?
  
• Day 2: The What And Why of Blogging
  
• Day 3: The How of Blogging
  
• Day 4: Blogging For Profit
• Day 5: Brands Enter The Blogosphere

Lesson to us is to keep it active to keep it real - otherwise we are just part of the noise.