The expression “hawkeye” refers to the ability to focus and see well into the distance with clarity. Watching the bird atop the light pole reminded me how hawks can possess such amazing vision …
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A Tale of Hawks & Mockingbirds
Posted by randy on May 3rd, 2010
Posted in Christianity, Communication 
Tags: focus, hawks, mockingbirds, proverbs, vision 
2 Comments »Geolocation War Raising the Stakes
Posted by randy on April 23rd, 2010
Don’t look now but the Foursquare vs. Gowalla showdown is getting more intense with the added intrigue of major suitors expressing interesting in perhaps purchasing one of the two clear standouts in the geolocation landscape …
Posted in Communication Tags: alamofire, foursquare, foursquare vs. gowalla, geolocation, gowalla, gowalla vs. foursquare, sxsw 2010, viralheat No Comments »Tiger’s Better Late Than Never Crisis Communications
Posted by randy on April 5th, 2010
or the first time since his sex scandal broke, Tiger Woods faced the media without any preconditions for 36 minutes. Frankly it was 3-to-4 months overdue. If he had been this forthcoming in the early stages of the scandal it probably would have never spun so far out of control …
Geolocation Train Picking Up Steam … Are you on right track?
Posted by randy on February 22nd, 2010
Geolocation has been a buzz word in communication circles for some time now. GPS-enabled devices are commonplace today among even the least tech-savvy consumers. But it is the potential of geolocation apps that has those of us in the communications world drooling …
Posted in Christianity, Communication Tags: foursquare, geo-location, geolocation, gowalla, grindr, pete cashmore, social media, yelp, youversion No Comments »Can Google Create Enough Buzz to Swarm Facebook & Twitter?
Posted by randy on February 11th, 2010
After the disappointment of Google Wave, I feel a little gun shy about buying into all of the hype of what Google plans to do with Buzz …
Posted in Communication Tags: Facebook, geolocation, Google, Google Buzz, search engines, social media, Twitter, web privacy 1 Comment »Cockroaches
Posted by randy on February 8th, 2010
Recently, Tony Morgan brought his Killing Cockroaches Road Tour to Houston. It was a great morning to pull back out of the granular monotony and look at the big picture from 30-thousand feet …
Pants on the Ground All Around
Posted by randy on January 15th, 2010
Sure it is a catchy tune but there has to be deeper reason for why the nation is responding …
Raising Our Voice Above the Noise
Posted by randy on January 11th, 2010
I’ve spent the past few years training others how to present their cases to often hostile audiences. Now is the time for the teacher to practice what he preaches …
Posted in Communication Tags: hostile audiences, klein high school, school board, silence, whisper 4 Comments »The Spectrum Showdown
Posted by randy on January 5th, 2010
What’s that? The idea of spectrum allocation makes your eyes glaze over quicker than a PBS documentary on the fascinating life of slugs? You are certainly not alone …
Posted in Communication Tags: broadband, broadcasting, FCC, spectrum, television, wireless No Comments »Bringing the Tech Horizon Into Focus
Posted by randy on January 4th, 2010
The beginning of a new decade tends to inspire thoughts in me of where we might be headed technologically and how that will affect communications …
