Author: sethmsparks

Passing Time

By sethmsparks

It’s interesting to me the different exposures my wife and I have had to funerals. While she’s only ever been to a couple, I feel like my childhood was full of them. I suppose growing up in a small town, and intrinsically caring for neighbors and classmates as a family led me to more funerals…

Crashing Hangouts

By sethmsparks

This morning I stumbled my way into a Google Hangout with none other than Joseph Jaffe. You know, the author of two of the best marketing books you’ll find, host of the Across the Sound Podcast, and founder of Evol8tion LLC. I noticed a tweet from him this morning inviting folks to join his Madison to…

My 2015 Personal Balanced Scorecard

By sethmsparks

Every year I try to assess my lifestyle, and determine the specific actions I want to take to improve certain elements of my life. Those assessments lead to my annual personal balanced scorecard. This is my third year completing a personal balanced scorecard, and I feel like each year I design something a little better.…

My Submission to the FCC on Net Neutrality

By sethmsparks

Text Entry: Thank you for accepting my opinion. I would like to urge the FCC to reclassify all access to the internet as a utility under Title II of the Communications Act, and to regulate Internet Service Providers (ISPs) accordingly. While the center of the debate is about delivering content to users without speed influence…

2014 Personal Balanced Scorecard

By sethmsparks

Mind – books – read 1 per month :: – blogs – write 2x monthly :: – meditate – for 15 min daily :: Body – weight – 5/1:280, 7/1:270, 9/1:260 – fitness – 30 min active p/ day – fitness – 10k steps p/ day – therapy – stretch/exercise back 20 min p/ day…

Productive Business is All (Nothing) About Geography

By sethmsparks

The future of the productive and engaged business will be focused on finding right fit employees based on skills and values without geographic boundaries. Today most companies hire talent under geographic limitations, such as the applicant curently living near, or being willing to reloacted to, the businesses office. This limitation in the candidate pool is…