Tag: Networking Basics

  • The Jersey Initiative

    The Jersey Initiative

    No, this has nothing to do with gym, tan and laundry. Nor does a pregnant ewok named Snooki factor into the equation in any capacity. What it does have to deal with is something that I do when I go somewhere unfamiliar to me, and something that I guess I was doing subconsciously. But now…

  • The Recliner Principle

    The Recliner Principle

    There really is nothing better than sitting back in a comfy, oversized recliner. Feet kicked up. Back tilted at just the right angle. Game on the big screen (Go Wings!). Snack of choice balanced perfectly on…let’s be honest…the stomach that’s just not quite as flat as it was 5 or 10 years ago. Heaven must…

  • Don’t Be That Guy – Mister Magoo

    Don’t Be That Guy – Mister Magoo

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. Those of you around my age probably remember the old Mister Magoo cartoons.  The lovable old guy voiced by Jim Backus (aka “Mister Howell”, the millionaire from Gilligan’s Island) who was severely shortsighted…

  • Lessons From A Child’s Toy

    Lessons From A Child’s Toy

    Inspiration comes from many places. I’d like you to imagine a standard workday.  A day like every other day.  A day when the sound of the alarm clock is akin to nails being dragged across a chalkboard.  Not just any chalkboard either…the world’s longest chalkboard.  A day after a night when you decided that sure,…

  • The Dating Corollary – An Introduction

    The Dating Corollary – An Introduction

    You’ve been alone for too long.  The last one ended horribly, when you found out that you valued and needed them far more than they apparently thought they valued and needed you.  Oh, you got the “it’s not you, it’s just not the right time” speech….but that’s really not much of a consolation, is it?…

  • The LinkedIn Prostitution Ring

    The LinkedIn Prostitution Ring

    BREAKING NEWS: Attorney Generals from all 50 states, fresh off their high of censoring first amendment rights by shutting down the Adult Services section of Craigslist.org have now set their sights on a new den of iniquity and filth that is polluting the internet by targeting two new and particularly vile breeds of scum: The…