I have a confession to make. While I have a Linkedin profile I am not, at all, comfortable with using Linkedin. And, while I know that statement alone will probably generate a lot of castigatory comments that is not the focus of this blog.

At times I feel like a loser.   But I am getting better.  

Last Tuesday night we, the Tribal Council, were commenting on when was the last time you turned your technology off. Not surprisingly, none of us turn it off.   In fact, Fred and I get in trouble because our heads are bowed down immersed in email. Those that are with us get very upset because it appears we are not paying attention. We are...albeit only partially.  

Last Friday I sat with Gotham Executive Director Debbie Lindner at a lunch honoring our Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard. The luncheon was hosted by The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County. Any time I am with Annamarie and Debbie (plus a goodly number of other Gothamites) it is guaranteed to be a very nice time, but this time was even more special.

My daughter, Mea, is getting married on Saturday. The wedding is in Seattle and the weather forecast, at last check, doesn't include rain. A good omen. It's a good thing that the wedding is in Seattle, because I'm going to need a nice long plane flight to think about what to tell my daughter and new son-in-law. What words of advice (dare I say "wisdom"?) do I give these young adults starting their life together?   As I said, it's a good thing it's a long flight.

Earlier in the week, Rona brought up something that I have had on my mind for quite some time.  While I was glad that someone else other than myself had noticed the same "effect", I disagree with Rona on the cause.  While Rona correlated the decline with the new web site, I feel that the quality of the blogs and the interest level shown goes back further than that.  I believe that the cause was the pressure applied by a vocal few towards the current "bloglet" format.   

In a few weeks, I am leading a meeting where the topic is as follows – “what new technology, software or hardware, are you using that has made life – business or personal – just a little bit easier.”

I have noticed an interesting phenomena; since we have switched to the new web site our blogs, mine included, have gotten noticeably shorter. Do you think it has something to do with the new format or have we learned to say what’s on our minds a lot more efficiently?