With Memorial Day in the books, I’d like to know how you spent your long weekend? Did the price of gas keep you at home? Did you have the perfect outdoor grilling experience? Spend a lazy day by the pool?

Or, were you like me and spent the majority of your weekend trying to knock a few items of the DIY list?

Today’s post is about frank feedback. No, frank feedback is not a person, at least that I know of. If so, Frank can you please leave a comment? By frank feedback, I mean true, open, honest feedback that you provide in a blog post, a comment, on a survey or in an email.

We’ve all bought into the theory that people are more open and honest when it comes to sharing their opinions online. It’s been said that people open up and say things online they normally wouldn’t say in a focus group or face to face with another person.

So with this being the ‘accepted truth’, my question to you is:

Do you provide frank feedback when leaving a comment or sharing your opinion online, or do you tame comments to match the tone of those around you?

While catching up on some RSS feeds, I came across the following quote:

We realized we didn’t have to come up with brilliant ideas - we needed brilliant ways of executing good ideas.
—Mackey McDonald, Chairman of VF Corp.

It struck me as unique, so I thought I’d pass it along.

Over the holiday, I received a wireless thermometer system from La Crosse. I’ve seen these all over the place and my dad has used one for years and really likes having it around.

I set up the unit in minutes and began to watch it. It seems like such a small thing, but I find myself looking at the temperature often. The unit I have shows, indoor and outdoor temperature, high and low temps from the day, and the time. So it really squeezes in a lot of data in a small device.

It sort of gives you some pleasure in knowing that while I’m sitting there drinking my morning coffee, the temperature is 18 degrees outside and a cozy 65 degrees inside.

Do you use a weather station/thermometer or other weather device? If so, what are your thoughts?