My real last name is Kotrodimos. I'm Greek. My father changed our name to "Konnor" around the time he started practicing law thinking that our name was too difficult to pronounce and to avoid some of the ethnic bias against immigrants at the time. My father helped a lot of Greeks immigrate to [...]
June 12th is Loving Day. The day commemorates a monumental US Supreme Court case with an interracial couple at its center. In 1958, two residents of Virginia, a black woman and a white man were married in the District of Columbia. The couple returned home to Virginia shortly thereafter. [...]
This is a recipe I extrapolated after having the dish in a restaurant. I used my best guesses and a bit of research to try to be as faithful as possible to the one I had. The name of this dish “Tagine” comes from the Arabic word for “frying pan.” The actual item [...]
The trees are full and green The garden lush and sweet The warm sun belies October To truth I must surrender The hours, they are numbered The last days of summer […]
It turns out that Wauwatosa means firefly. The Hochunck Indians who settled the land saw fit to name this place on the river for the almost magical insects that glow and fly in the thick, languid summer air. Recently I was driving toward the Sun Prairie home and a [...]
Here we are A place we’ve been before Those nights apart Left me wanting more […]
The Evolution of Personalization It’s a predictable pattern—the concomitant rise of technology and user expectation. When Zappo’s revolutionized how we find shoes online, consumers expected it everywhere. When mobile devices delivered the mobile web, consumers demanded mobile experiences that work. Now, just as the technologies that enable enhanced targeting have rapidly evolved, so too [...]
An Introduction to User Flows User flows are a crucial component of User Experience Design The diagram below represents the unique alchemy of science and art that moves a design concept from abstract to concrete in the digital design process. There are many sub-steps along the way, some are identified in the diagram, but there [...]
Email vs. Marketing Automation, What's All the Confusion? This item is an eBook that I wrote, illustrated and published on the subject of the differences between email and marketing automation. It was written for a brand called "Membership Avenue," which is a digital marketing and marketing automation brand dedicated to the [...]
The Importance of Online Reviews Your company is online to tell a story. Ideally, you’re in control of that narrative — finely crafting a story that resonates with customers and a brand presence that backs this up with every interaction. But even if you’re diligent with digital marketing, you can [...]
