Timing is everything, and the timing of rainfall this week seemed to be perfect for not disrupting my schedule, among other things I observed, saw, learned.

• When I opened the Amazon app on my iPhone earlier in the week, it asked me if I wanted to (and I forget the actual term) integrate Amazon Smile into the app. If you go to smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com, a small portion of your purchases will go to the charity of your choice, which in my case is my kiddos’ school. As Smile has been around for years, it’s nice to see this finally available in the app.
• This quote from fellow New Englander Robert Frost rang true to me, "A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone."
• I watched a couple of documentaries this past week, the first being End of an Era - Radio Shack. Technically it was a documentary, with footage of closed stores and somebody narrating over it, stitched together with classic Radio Shack commercials, which made it worthy of the 10 minutes I spent watching it.
• The other documentary was All Things Must Pass, chronicling the rise and demise of the Tower Records chain. I was a late-comer to Tower, only shopping them in the 90’s when I moved to the Boston area. This was a rather detailed history, including the founder and various staff and customers including Elton John and Dave Grohl. It was directed by Colin Hanks, son of Tom, and if you are nostalgic for the good old days of music I highly recommend this entertaining film.
• Not a day goes by when I see someone post on LinkedIn on the topic of “failing fast” in business. I could write a whole post on this, and maybe I should, but the bottom line is that not everyone knows what this means. Trust me on this.
• HBO Max, a new “network” from HBO, is available for free to AT&T mobile customers, among other services. However, the app is not yet available for the Amazon Fire TV as the 2 corporate behemoths are debating who makes what. In the meantime, I found a way to “sideload” the HBO Max app onto your Fire TV.
• In the latest edition of The Dispatch newsletter there was a mention of “2020,” a new song by Ben Folds, appropriate for being at the almost halfway point in the year where he talks about having multiple years inside of this one. It’s an interesting song and as they say on Triple J, “language warning!”
• In the wrap-up discussion of the study group I was in for Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the topic of hobbies came up. One of the 3 of us, Alan, suggested that my hobby may be blogging, as I enjoy it, and do it for fun and not for profit. I am still digesting this.
• I rented a U-Haul to move some stuff to storage for someone, and low and behold there was a lock attached to the back of the truck. For all of the years I have rented trucks for various moved I always had to buy a new lock because 1) I needed to lock the truck and 2) I never could find the last lock I bought. Well done, U-Haul.

Hey, Jurasick!

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This is from The Hot Iron, a journal on business and technology by Mike Maddaloni.

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