An iPad to Bring Them All Together
May 20, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …

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The Dangers of Taking Work too Personaly
March 31, 2010 – 6:35 pm | No Comment
The Dangers of Taking Work too Personaly

I started to write about a recent bad experience I had at one of my favorite restaurants, but after a couple of days of cooling off, I realized this was a good example of taking work …

Fanboys/Fangirls, they just crack me up
August 11, 2009 – 1:16 am | No Comment
Fanboys/Fangirls, they just crack me up

PC World had a funny post about “fanboys”.  As I was reading it, I started to laugh because I actually know some people who would qualify as fanboys.  PC World has several more descriptions, take …

Microsoft and Apple Mixing It Up A Bit…About time.
May 16, 2009 – 2:56 pm | One Comment

Microsoft verses Apple in battle for consumers all mighty dollars…and it’s about time.
Extreme views attract extreme people, and dumb things get said and done.  I live and work on the Microsoft side of the world, …

Political: Spin Doctors Rule These Days and Does Truth Even Exist?
October 15, 2008 – 6:44 am | 3 Comments
Political: Spin Doctors Rule These Days and Does Truth Even Exist?

This is not a political blog and I do not wish to make it one. That being said, what interests me in all the recent back-in-forth amongst of the candidates is the spin and how …

Comment Moderation: Is it moderation or elimination?
September 26, 2008 – 1:25 am | 5 Comments
Comment Moderation: Is it moderation or elimination?

It is not wise to remove or prevent comments based on a difference of opinion

Know your key competitive differences, sell them to your prospects, and a short story about what not to say on a sales call
September 11, 2008 – 1:41 am | No Comment
Know your key competitive differences, sell them to your prospects, and a short story about what not to say on a sales call

I violated one of my first tips on improving productivity…I answered the phone. I was expecting a call from the caller’s area code, so I picked up the call…darn it…a sales call.
I sighed to myself, …