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  • Circular Recommendations Guys

    Circular Recommendations Guys

    As I’m sure you already know, there’s this feature on LinkedIn called “recommendations”.  The point of it is that it allows you to write endorsements for people in your network based on your history with them – projects you’ve worked together on, professional challenges that you watched them solve, etc.  It’s supposed to help give…

  • Live Broadcast Tonight, Our Next Event and More

    Live Broadcast Tonight, Our Next Event and More

    Here we are, the second “oh my god we’re old” moment in the last couple of weeks. We didn’t take St Patrick’s Day off…and here we are not taking Opening Day off either. It’s starting to get a bit weird around here. We’re going to have to work on that. We’ve got another live broadcast…

  • Voicemail Guy

    Voicemail Guy

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank As of late, I have seen the stupidest $20 classes ever, “$20 to learn Foursquare”, “Twitter your way to millions”, “Join Facebooks and get LEEEEDS!”… …but where are the voicemail classes? Yes, I am talking to…

  • Creepy Guy

    Creepy Guy

    Wow. I’ve really got to be honest with you – never thought I was going to have to write this one. Or, at least I’d seriously hoped/wished/prayed that I wouldn’t have to write this one…but, again, wow. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, and so I feel compelled to have a little chat so…

  • Detroitnet.org Is Now IT in the D, Live Broadcast Tonight and More

    Detroitnet.org Is Now IT in the D, Live Broadcast Tonight and More

    Yeah, I know…the name change is kind of “old news” at this point since it happened back on the 13th, but we haven’t done one of these updates in a couple of weeks due to the chaos leading up to the Pink Slip Party, everything that went into the rebrand, and just life in general…

  • How Not To Suck At Being A Developer

    How Not To Suck At Being A Developer

    My cards title me “The Geek”. I have been a trained monkey watching backup tapes spin. I have been a DBA. I have been a helpdesk jockey, a developer, a tech lead and a systems architect. I have also been a manager, a director and a Vice President. Think of me as you from 10…