Trees with email addresses attract fans
In 2015, the City of Melbourne gave about 70,000 trees unique ID numbers and email addresses as part of an urban forestry project. The goal was practical:…
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Does your small business need HR?
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, small businesses aren’t required to bring in HR help once they hit a specific number of employees, but it’s a…
Run a meeting the right way
Do you hate meetings, or do you just hate pointless meetings? It’s true that sometimes, a few emails or a phone call between two people might resolve an…
Famous corporate comebacks
A bankruptcy filing, a famous flop, or a notorious scandal is rarely a good sign for the future of any business, but some companies survive hitting rock…
Ask the Expert: Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Our adjustable rate mortgage will soon be up for renewal. We are wondering if taking a new, 15-year mortgage is a good idea. What do you think? If you…
It’s spring! The home market is heating up
The big day is March 20, the first day of spring, and as almost everyone knows, it begins one of the most active seasons for home searches. For good…
Find your true self in your own expectations
Be true to yourself and don’t live a lie. These are the aphorisms we often hear repeated in our travel through life’s challenges. But, what is true of…
Is it time to cut back on TikTok?
On January 18 at about 10:30 p.m., TikTok officially died in the United States, and 170 million Americans suddenly had to find something else to do with…
Cautionary tale: The sound of existential crisis
Sonos isn’t the first company to damage its reputation with a single big mistake, but it’s certainly one of the more notable examples in recent years. The…
DeepSeek emerges as AI dark horse
Most Americans had probably never heard of the Chinese tech startup DeepSeek at the start of 2025, but that changed in dramatic fashion within just a few…