General under investigation in Afghanistan

By rickColosimo / April 30, 2013 / Comments Off on General under investigation in Afghanistan

I know Bill Caldwell. Worked for him. He convinced me, unintentionally I’m sure, to leave the Army. I know nothing about what he did, didn’t, should, or shouldn’t have done with all this stuff in the paper. But my personal opinion, FWIW, is that he’s not above suspicion and should not get the benefit of…

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Where the bad moods went

By rickColosimo / April 24, 2013 / Comments Off on Where the bad moods went

Someone once told me that she hadn’t seen me in a bad mood. (It was after only four weeks of knowing me, so maybe there’s a sample size problem.)   I said that something had annoyed me the week before. Things still bother me, but not for long and not as much. Remembering things I used…

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Flipping freemium on its head

By rickColosimo / April 14, 2013 / Comments Off on Flipping freemium on its head

I recently read a post that pushed “freemium” companies to start charging right away — to put the paid offering on the table to see who will buy how much at what price. It’s good advice, of course, but really in many ways just an okay read; nothing you haven’t already read somewhere else. But…

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World Autism Awareness Day 2013

By rickColosimo / April 2, 2013 /

Today is World Autism Awareness day. My Facebook profile picture is my 8yo son Dylan, showing you, and me, what he thinks of autism. I imagine it’s something along the lines of “I just want to do what I want and have fun like every other boy. Sometimes it’s just hard.” Other times I imagine…

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