Archive for November, 2009

Five somewhat warped inspirational thoughts.

Many people in my Twitter stream quote inspirational thoughts.  Although the five I’ve gathered over the past week aren’t the same caliber as those quoted by John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King, they are inspirational just the same (in a warped kind of way), so I thought I’d share them with you.
Give [...]

Job hunting? Sleep through Thursdays.

I’ve been in the job market for 4+ weeks now. It’s an odd market. I am both lucky to be in it, and — at the same time — very unfortunate because employers are tapped for resources, hiring cycles are longer and we’re coming to the end of the year.
Give it a chance. This really [...]

Six finger silent treatment for marketers

During the pilot of “Cougar Town” (Judge me. It’s OK. I think it’s a funny show!) Courtney Cox gets angry at one of her co-stars and holds up six fingers. Five on one hand and just the thumb on her other. Her co-star quickly retorts, “Oh, what? So now we’re not talking for six minutes?” [...]

What were YOU doing two Thursdays ago? It’s tied to your social media success.

Before getting to how this post relates to success or failure in social media, I have to set a bit of context.
Self-inflicted memory loss – seriously?
You see, I have a good friend who amazes me. He remembers the most specific details about all the people in his life. He can rattle off birth dates, phone [...]

I want to work for you. Please talk to my Mom.

When I was managing the Progress Software web development team, I traveled to India and spent two weeks interviewing and hiring a team of web developers in Hyderabad, India. It was one of the best trips of my life but I’ll leave that for another post.
Many of the candidates brought family with them. Not one [...]