You Know Too Much

Something I love in the initial stages of a project is when we sit down with a client (virtually) and just ask them to tell us about their business or organization and what they are looking for. This is helpful for us to gain information, but I particularly enjoy listening to people talk about things […]

Time to Think

So much has changed in a year. (Don’t fret, I’m not going to repeat what you’ve already heard/read/discussed about the difference a pandemic year makes.) But I was thinking about thinking. In the before times, we would drive to client meetings. On the way, I and my team would discuss the client’s project, brainstorm some […]

Making A Difference

At Focus, we like to try to help other people as often as we can. We often donate our time and talents to important causes and activities in the community. In fact, we have donated our skills to dozens of organizations over the 19 years of our existence. Community service is at the core of […]

40 years…and counting

1981 Electric typewriters perched on every desk. Mail delivery meant pieces of paper distributed by human beings, twice a day, on rolling carts. ‘Mobile phone’ meant putting a landline on hold at one desk, and walking to another to pick it up. Photocopiers only printed in black and white. The word ‘internet’ was used for […]

Screen Overload

I have been working from home now for the better part of a year, off and on, depending on the current state of restrictions, and screen overload is a real problem these days. I was joking with someone (over Zoom, of course) the other day about how on the weekends I stare at my big […]