Talking about products that support collaboration is easy for the team at izzy+. The mobile, flexible, technology-rich New Workstyles embraced by their customers are mirrored in a daily Better Together mindset for izzy+ employees.

Jean Lin at Otto published an interview with izzy+ CEO Chuck Saylor on the differences between forced teaming - THEN - and changes in our digitally based society - NOW - that make collaboration a natural part of an organization's culture.

 Kevin Kelly on The New Socialism in WIRED and more on izzy+ at Otto.

Make every minute count this summer! Mark your calendar now for the August 15 Spectrum Brass Quintet concert at St. Cecilia Music Center featuring Avi Reichert (shown here), and an evening of music by George Gershwin including the popular Rhapsody in Blue (1927 performance heard here).

Admission is only $25; students are only $10. What a treat! Call to buy tickets today, 616.459.2224. Flyer here -- View this photo

"Things that you were taught at the beginning of your career may no longer be valid," says longtime copy editor John McIntyre, who now joins many as a former newspaper employee.

Tell me about it. I still cringe when I see writers use zip code abbrevations within an article. Not the way I was taught at IU's Ernie Pyle Hall. And now social media is turning newspaper articles into headline tweets. I like the immediacy and the brevity. But I also want to read the rest of the story.

John's specific observation applies to our language and how its usage changes over time. That's truly a challenge if you have the AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style or the classic S&W Elements of Style (clip from NPR) ingrained in your brain. In his blog, he lists distinctions between words and their meanings that he suggests still matter -- and others that, well, don't so much anymore. What do you think?