IBM exec’s Ridgefield ‘smart home’ has attitude

I hope this will be my last post about the Ridgefield home. Trayor Lesnock, president and founder of Platinum Luxury Auctions and I were interviewed today by Anna Quinn at Danbury’s newstimes. The full story is here. The Wall Street Journal story is here and the Platinum Luxury Auction page is here. The video with the drone […]

House Auction

I have gotten quite a few email and social media questions about why I auctioning my home. It starts back in 2001 when my wife and I designed the home with an architect, landscape architect, and home automation consultant. We wanted the new home to be beautiful but full of advanced infrastructure and technology. I […]

Geocaching Update

The more planning you do before your geo-caching expedition, the better. I recommend doing it the night before so you are not rushed with last minute interruptions in the morning. If you want to read a good “how to” guide on geocaching, I recommend visiting HobbyHelp. Jenny, from HobbyHelp discovered some of my posts about […]

Genesys Partners Venture Dinner

Genesys CEO Jim Kollegger asked me to discuss my point of view called It’s All About Attitude and describe each of my four books. I said sure, how much time will I have. He said five minutes. Ten minutes would be more realistic, I said. The final YouTube video is Six minutes and 51 seconds. […]

Conducting Beethoven

Three and a half years after conducting Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in 2003, I was again fortunate — for a second time in a lifetime — this time to conduct Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture. The late Maestro Sidney Rothstein, my friend and mentor, suggested a more complex piece this time and Creatures of the Prometheus filled the […]