The original purpose of “Piano Inside My Brain” was to have a place to blog that wasn’t affiliated with my former employer. At the time, this domain (howardyermish.com) was hosted on with…
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The Big Move
Well, I had been meaning to centralize things in more of a “life stream” format. Today was the day that I finally decided to take the afternoon and flip the switch. So…
Drinking from the Fire Hydrant
Social networks can devour your day before you realize it. I’ve heard from some people that they need to, “catch up on all of the Facebook posts,” or “read all of the…
Love Those Banned Apps
I’ll admit it, I’m an Apple fanboy. But the last couple of moves make me angry. At first, I was really cheesed about what Amazon did concerning removing books from the Kindle.…
Automating Your Status, Or Not.
A common question I hear is, “How do I make Twitter update Facebook, or vice versa?” My short answer: don’t do it. If is not that you can’t, but the two are…
Facing Roger Clemens
When I was a kid, I dreamed of playing baseball professionally. We all ran through that moment in the World Series where it was the bottom of the ninth and the game…
Note to LinkedIn: Stop trying to be like Facebook
Over the last few months, Facebook has seriously exploded in popularity. Meanwhile, LinkedIn keeps chugging along. But something I’ve noticed about LinkedIn is that they are “borrowing” a bit too much from…
Guest Post – Home Office Reboot
Just wanted to let you all know that an article of mine appears on the Organize IT blog: Home Office Reboot One of my radical ideas is the having an office without…
Letter to Steven P. Jobs
[podcast]http://pianoinsidemybrain.com/media/Letter-to-Steve.mp3[/podcast] Dear Steve, I appreciate your letter and would like to wish you the best in your recovery. I am relieved that you and your family have the medical answers that you…
Twitter as your Blog?
Thinking back to my audio interview with Lisa Dilg (@pprlisa), she talked about how Twitter was like her blog. What would she say that she hadn’t already posted on Twitter? And she…