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The Twenty Dollar Lesson
“You will get more out of a two minute conversation at one of our events than you will from a week’s worth of emailing.” – us, constantly I was at an open mic night last night (yes, another reference to stand up comedy…get used to it) and I watched something happen, listened to the ensuing…
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Kind Of A Funny Thing: Geeks and Comedians
At first glance, the worlds of information technology and stand up comedy appear to have very little in common. Comics tend to be the center of attention in their worklife, where in the IT world, if you’re in front of a room full of people…odds are good it’s because something went wrong and you’re explaining…
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Social Networking Class Guy
Alright, the cat’s out of the bag. The bombardment of “training sessions” and classes where people actually *cough* charge money with the topic being “Twitter/Linkedin your way to success!!!1!” has to stop. It really does. They completely remind me of the stupid Sunday morning infomercials with a guy rolling around on one of these things,…
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The Ten Commandments of Networking
[editorial note: This is the original version, as published back in July of 2009. As with all good things, it’s been updated over time. You can find the most recent version here: http://www.ITinTheD.com/2697/the-new-and-improved-10-commandments-of-networking/ ] As I sit here watching History of the World, Part 1 for, oh, it must be the 8,173rd time…it dawned on me.…
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Game Theory and Networking 101
“Don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family.” – Michael Corleone, The Godfather I blame Bob for a lot of things. Most of them he deserves. Some of them (he claims) he doesn’t. Sometimes though…the things I blame him for actually turn out to be pretty cool. Especially those that don’t require antibiotics after…
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Don’t Be That Guy: The Drive-By Recruiter
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “Be a face, not a file.” – Us, constantly What’s itinthed.com all about, people? If you said “networking” or “building relationships”, you’re absolutely right. We’ll even let you slide if you said “beer”. We…
