Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
It is a fact of life: no matter how thoroughly you try to equip offices with the latest and most modern life saving technologies, there comes a time when those technologies are outdated, damaged, worn out, or simply missing. Fortunately, Continue reading Do it yourself
It isn’t clear if you need to be Chinese to get a pulse diagnosis or if the person doing the diagnosis is Chinese. Whichever it is, the diagnosis is free. This photo, taken with an iPhone, is from Silverdale, Washington.
You know how you’ve waited all year to sell things during the Christmas season? Some business report 60 to 90 percent of their profits come from sales during the November-December period, and they plan accordingly. Such as this vendor who Continue reading Plan ahead
Emergency signage should be clear, concise and to the point. Here is a stellar example, the Fire Evacuation Plan for a hotel near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Only the top third of the sign has anything to do with fire evacuation; Continue reading Be sure and read the fine print
In our quest to get back to nature and a highly processed, untouched-by-human-hands world, we offer this: The collection of words on the packaging makes no sense, beyond an obvious, overly anxious attempt to seem hip and “natural.” If the Continue reading All natural organic citrus aloe vera
3941 Having iPhone 4 issues? Pick no more than two.
2258 A colleague sent me a great quote today. The quote is brilliant; the responses are funny in an absurdist sort of way: Social Media is like teen sex Of course, this is cnet, and cnet reported earlier that the Continue reading Social Media is like teen sex
I have no excuse beyond a weakness for puns. Stealth mountains (full size).
A Web log (blog) is a form of time-shifted information. In our busy modern world, we are too busy to attend concerts, so we have iPods. We are too busy to listen to the phone, so have answering machines. We Continue reading Time traveling communications