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Don’t Be That Guy: King of ASSumptions
“Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.” – Bryan Davis “You are making assumptions without all the facts, and that’s not a sign of intelligence.” – C.C. Hunter Over the years, we’ve been accused of being “frat boys“, drinking too much, being divisive, not…
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The Dating Corollary: I Can Change and Other Lies
You did it. You’ve finally had enough. You’re pulling the trigger, and you’re ending the relationship. You’ve finally realized that the grass really is greener over on the other side of that fence, and so it’s time to make a change. Maybe you didn’t even mean for it to happen this way. Maybe you just…
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The Dating Corollary: Desperation and Jealousy
As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), we’re going to chat about some of the similarities between the wild world of dating, looking for a job, hiring someone, and just networking in general. Like when you thought you really had a strong connection. You had…
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Don’t Be That Guy – More Human Than Human
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “We’re not computers, Sebastian. We’re physical.” – Roy Batty, Blade Runner “I’m not in the business…I am the business.” – Rachael, Blade Runner Why is it sooooo hard for some folks to get…
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How Not To Suck At Networking
“See this? Our website? I just want it to suck less. Can you make it suck less? I have a big bag of money for someone that can make it suck less for me. ” – a CTO who shall remain nameless, during a business meeting circa 1999 We’ve decided to try something a little different. Our…
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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…
