I can’t wait for 2009 (and all that it represents) to be over. I don’t think I’m alone; I imagine this is a year most people would like to forget. And since I can’t personally end war, cure disease, fix the economy, create jobs, solve the health care crisis, create cheap and abundant oil or regulate the temperature of the earth, I will have to focus on other ways of making 2010 a better year.
Here are my 5 steps for leaving 2009 in the past:

It’s only one year. When …

If you haven’t noticed, our country survives when we buy stuff. We buy houses and the economy booms. Black Friday is the new Fourth of July in America. Love it or hate it, it’s reality.  If you missed out on waiting in line at 4 am last Friday, here are some shopping tips for helping get our country back into the black.
HDTVs
TVs are this year’s game system. Last year, people were choking their neighbors for a Wii. This year, folks will be braving the swine flu …

You walk into an interview wearing a suit and tie, resume in hand, hoping that your appearance improves (or at least doesn’t detract) from your resume. You show up for your date, ready to impress with the right jeans and the ninth shirt you tried on. Want to sell the look? It’s all about the shoes.
Seriously, how different can a suit look from another suit? As guys, we only get a few options to accessorize our look and stand out. Eyeglasses, watch and bag. Anything …

Every so often, Wichita breaks my heart.  No, it’s not the Rocky Mountain-sized inferiority complex or the lack of architectural history, but rather from seeing visual disasters that shock me to my core.  For example, driving down Rock Road at night used to be nice because there was traffic and lights.  Now, all I see is the string of chain restaurants littering the landscape.  When Hooters no longer stands out, you  have a problem.
Occasionally I will go out and see that every man in the building wearing exactly the same …

Tablet PCs have been around for a while. HP made a touchscreen interface for a desktop PC a few yearrs ago and no one cared. We already have ebook readers from Sony, Amazon, and more on the way this holiday season. So why does an Apple tablet spark such curiosity and desire? I think there are clues to be found in other consumer products that help us understand the demand for an Apple tablet.
First, the existing tablets. Take a laptop, then spin the monitor and lay …