ethanbeute

I just ended a 14 year run in local television marketing and promotion that took me from Grand Rapids to Chicago back to Grand Rapids to Colorado Springs.  My short description of the work: running an in-house agency to build brands, drive viewership, and increase our overall standing with all stakeholders.  So, my side was the business-to-consumer marketing that results in [...]

This blog has been woefully neglected over the past couple months.  It’s not for a lack of ideas or opinions; I’ve got plenty.  Instead, it’s more an issue of habit and focus.  The former’s insufficiently formed as it relates to punching out short pieces here.  The latter’s been divided over other projects. So: a quick [...]

What you want, when you want it, as often as you want it – without cable or satellite … it’s easier than ever. Just don’t tell me it’s about saving money.

Toyota must have research that suggests their problems with perceived safety and reliability are over – or that they were never too deep. If not, I’m considering them lost in the wilderness.

Tomorrow, I’ll day-hike Barr Trail to the summit of Pikes Peak for the second time. This hike, however, already feels different.

Take my appreciation for a painting by a local artist at a wonderful museum. Add a little initiative. Enjoy the results.

Three things I truly enjoy intersect just 2 miles from our home: local history, a local artist and landscape art.

Sinek’s “Start With Why” philosophy, of course packaged and sold as a book, isn’t revolutionary. But it’s always timely and he gives it a fresh spin.

We experienced today in Colorado Springs the same thing many have experienced in cities across the country – a protest of the cruel “entertainment” that is Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which happens to be coming to town. Here’s a shallow analysis.

In hindsight, I’m glad my Facebook news feed was “hijacked” by a fallacious video tag. We owe it to ourselves to consider every now and again how our fellow human beings are thinking and dreaming differently.