Bernard Dahl > Thinking Out Loud

“How was your day Bernard?” asks Kim, the friendly woman at the convenience store at the corner.

-”Crap; I got turned down for….

I thought I’d share with you my new approach to maximizing reading – which I copied from wine-tasting. No, seriously.

Some people would say that a doorman or security guard is there to keep people out, to manage the door and/or for crowd control. That makes him the law. He only has the power to say no. Another way to look at it is to make sure that the person at the door lets the right people in, with the power to [...]

I saw this on Facebook : Fight Child Pornography 421,533 Members $136 donated If you do the math, that is an extremely weak donation. Less than a penny per person. And no mention of where the money goes.  I mean, it’s great that people are against child pornography – I’m just saying that as an [...]

Here is a transcript from last month’s discussion with my mobile phone service provider, who shall remain nameless. Me: “So… you just stopped sending me invoices by mail?” Them: Exactly, your invoice is available on the Internet, which you chose. Me: Really? -When did I choose this? Them: This was a note on your invoice [...]

In Quebec, welfare checks are issued on the first day of the month. That same week, virtually every grocery store has almost no important sales or specials, aside from a few loss-leaders. Regular items, which are used to measure the cost of living (basics/essentials, like milk, bread, meat and vegetables) and items regularly purchased by [...]

Is this a MUST-HAVE, a SHOULD-HAVE or a NICE-TO-HAVE ? Is it really MY decision? Do I have the power to say YES ? How do I feel about it? Can I afford to? Can I afford not to? Do I have a choice? What’s the worst that can happen, really? How important does 72 year-old Bernard think [...]

Should your business die when your business model(s) become outdated? Daily newspapers are facing all sorts of trouble these days, as their business model is being picked apart from all sides. The medium is no longer the message. In fact, it is barely the medium at this point. The daily newspaper industry is facing a [...]

Here is the deal with free… it isn’t really free. Nothing is free. It’s just that we haven’t been the ones paying for it until now -  Someone else is. And they are usually getting something in exchange. Google and Facebook, for example, get more information on you than you would ever share with the government. [...]

Life is not necessarily short, but it goes by very fast. One minute, we’re 13, listening to a new rock record, insecurely wondering how we’ll ever manage to tell our “crush” that they mean the world to us. (later finding out it was mutual…). The next minute, that record is celebrating its 20th anniversary with [...]