Pontifications

Leadership & Business
My rants and raves about global marketing, business, and leadership.

Ephipanies
A deep dive into the things that have shaped me into who I am.

Travel
All things travel and adventures from visiting 100 countries.
The Great Pickleball Paywall: A Masterclass in SaaS Subscription Engineering and Revenue Extraction
About this time last year, my wife and I took a free “Try Pickleball” class…
Epiphany 43: Perceived Value Shouldn’t Require an Activity Tracker
I had an interesting discussion this week with a brilliant team leader at an advisory…
Localization: A Compliance Cost or a Reduction in Customer Friction?
I have watched companies struggle with localization for decades, especially on the web. Too often,…
Epiphany 42: The Value of Active Listening
There is a classic scene by actor Chris Tucker in the movie Rush Hour where…
The New Economics of Web Crawling: A Framework for Selective Content Ingestion — One Year Later
Published August 2, 2026. Updated: August 6, 2026, to add additional July reference points. A…
Information Gain Scorecard & Prompt Framework
I tried to explain the need for a report like this in my “Crawled –…
Don’t Ask AI to Plan Your Trip. Teach It How You Travel!
Over the past few months, I’ve written about frustrations with travel planning online. The volume…