I turned CNN on last night and noticed two familiar faces: Don Lemon was interviewing Branford Marsalis, a leading jazz composer and brother to Wynton, another highly accomplished and recognized musician. Branford’s father, Ellis, has died as a result of covid19. I am not a musician, but I love music. In particular, I love jazz …
One of my favorite sections in the Economist is the Obituary. The publication tends to find interesting individuals to memorialize with evocative accounts of their lives. On March 21, the subject was Falafel, a world backgammon champion, who died at age 51. I am typing this note on March 31, 2020, during the early part …
Our company has done a great job positioning our team to work from home during the coronavirus outbreak. I had a goal last week to attempt a video-based message on Linked In to attempt to get more comfortable with video as a medium in general, as well as within the Linked In application. As Friday …
So, it is 4:39pm on March 29, 2020. The covid19 pandemic has caused the Thorsen family, and much of the world, to hunker down into a form of “lockdown mode” I only imagined in conjunction with films, dystopian fiction, and nightmares. (Well, sort of. We actually had a reasonably nice day playing a Harry Potter …