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The Path
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao-tsu, Chinese philosopher, about three thousand years ago “The world doesn’t owe you an MTV cribs lifestyle” – me, a little over two years ago Can you imagine what would happen if someone blindfolded you, gave you no tools, no matches, no flashlight, no anything…then…
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The New and Improved 10 Commandments of Networking
As with everything that we do, this has evolved over the years. Because we don’t believe in revisionist history, you can always still find the original version over at http://www.ITintheD.com/68/the-ten-commandments-of-networking/ if you’re so inclined…but this version’s been updated. Why? Because it needed to be. It’s been two and a half years since that first version was…
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Don’t Be That Guy: Pants On Fire Guy
Disney had a wonderful movie about this cute little puppet named Pinocchio who had one very big problem. Well, other than being a puppet and wanting to be a real boy, of course. No, his big problem was that whenever he told a lie, his little wooden nose would grow, which meant anyone and everyone…
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Don’t Be That Company: There’s No IT Talent In Metro Detroit
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank “Y’all gonna make me lose my mind…up in HERE, up in here” – DMX Two articles came out recently, and they pushed me over the edge. It’s time for a good old-fashioned Don’t Be That Guy…
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Don’t Be That Guy – The MBA Candidate
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “I’m working on my MBA…” – a former coworker There are so many ways to cover this topic…so many possible titles. It was almost “The Pretty Pony Princess” Guy because of the ego…
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Thoughts On Basements and Networks
“Those who fail to plan…should plan to fail.” – unattributed, many sources “I am never doing that again…and this time, I really mean it!” – me, the day after every St Patrick’s day I’ve mentioned a few times in past entries, I recently bought a new house. A side effect of that, naturally, is that…
