iPhone tracks my every move. Is that OK?
When I learned that Apple enabled every iPhone and iPad to track location data, I was curious more than concerned. I really wanted to see what my personal travel map looked like. It turns out to be pretty cool. Naturally, I spend a lot of time in Midtown Atlanta. My office and home are both […]
Midtown Rotary honors AID Atlanta, Volunteer of the Year
Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club honored Walter Bradley yesterday as the 2011 Barbara B. Rose Volunteer of the Year. This is the fifth year Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club has honored a local volunteer with a ceremony and donations to the volunteer’s nominating organization. Walter was selected from 18 nominations, the most ever received by Midtown Atlanta […]
Lights, Camera, Send: Videos for social media
I’ve been a filmmaker all my life. (Okay, filmmaker is a stretch but I like the word). Some of my fondest memories of family vacations are of filming sunlight reflecting off a mountain stream or catching a candid shot of my brother and sister as we packed our gear to go to the beach. But […]
Giving back to those who give back
Yesterday, I attended the annual awards lunch to honor Midtown’s most dedicated and hard working volunteers. The program was filled with quotes — some popular, some obscure — about volunteering and community service. My favorite is from Tom Brokaw who said, “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot harder to make a difference.” […]
Looking behind vitriolic speech and soundbites
I’ll have to be honest, until yesterday I didn’t put a lot of energy into thinking about the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. My feelings could be summed up in one word: bad. Bad people, bad policy. And then Rear Admiral Jim McGarrah spoke to Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club and implored each of us […]