Okay, I'll admit it I like my iPhone and the apps that make scheduling, blogging, information gathering more efficient. And that's the state of today's technology. How can we do things faster and connect in many more ways to the other things going on in our busy lives? As a PR professional, the more connected I am the better.

Some of you out there may know the name Guy Fieri. The host of Food Network shows entitled "Guy's Big Bite" and "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" (highly recommend this one), he is truly an original in the culinary world (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/dining/11Fieri.html?_r=1&hpw).

This came to my attention today; www.givingpledge.org. This is a site that invites the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to the philanthropic causes and charitable organizations of their choice either during their lifetime or after their death.