Blogs

This journey started on January 3, 2016 with the first discussion of what could be done to help others who may need to hear “the right words at the right time.” Here we are, 10+ months later, and the idea has become real. Version 1.1 is the gift we...

One of the smartest guys in the startup game is Paul Graham, and he’s an excellent writer as well. Today I stumbled on his essay (he has a collection of nifty essays) with the title “Is it worth being wise?” And I highly recommend it because I...

Sometimes, clever isn’t as wise as simple. I originally thought that it was clever and humble (wise is humble, right?) to use all lower case for the logo. Feedback told me otherwise (no pun intended). Some people said “Who is Tobe? Toby?” A good...

I’ve been collecting quotations for many years, and it seems that I keep finding new ones that I’d like to add to the collection for ToBeWise.  Here are a few recent ones that I found AFTER the collection was finalized: “Giving from the heart can...

In 1985 a new software category (currently called CRM for Customer Relationship Management) started up with the release of a software product called TeleMagic, for the PC. It was designed primarily for salespeople to use in their work, to keep track of the many...

I love it when a plan comes together. This past Friday, the last day of September, and the second New Moon of the month, our long-standing plan to get the app in the AppStore became a reality. Now available to about one billion iOS devices all over the world. The even...

If Kahlil Gibran had an iPhone he would have built something like tobewise. but with the tools he had at the time, the best he could do was The...