Three Years Later
Isn’t time funny? If you know me, I’m sure you’ve heard me marvel at the passage of time and how everything flies by at lightning speeds. I can never seem to believe the date (it’s August 26 today? Where has this year…
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Just Load Already!
It’s funny to think that as office workers in 2010, we face certain frustrations that weren’t part of the picture for past generations. The source of these frustrations? The computer. As amazing as they are, computers can, at times, be really annoying! …
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Jumping on the eBook Bandwagon?
I would be lying if I said I was always up on the latest consumer technology. I was late to both the iPod and digital camera game (my 65-year-old Dad owned both before me), and I still have a regular old, non-smart…
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Are you a Nightowl?
Did you used to pull all-nighters in college? Do you… miss them? Well, here’s your solution: The New York Nightowls. It’s a group for New York based entrepreneurs that meets at 10pm on Tuesday nights and works, study-hall style, until as…
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The Plastic Problem
Monday July 26, 2010 will be a big day in Sydney’s Darling Harbor, where, after 130 days at sea, the Plastiki is expected to arrive at 11am local time. What is the Plastiki, you ask? It’s a 60 foot boat composed of…
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Oh, how styles change…
It must be a sign of the times. The new AP Stylebook is out, and it includes 42 social media guidelines. According to a recent article, “The new Social Media Guidelines section includes information and policies on using tools like Facebook…
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What’s Your Environmental Impact?
Every once in a while I like to slide in quick environmental post… just a friendly reminder to take a minute and think about how the normal minutia of your everyday life could be contributing to a much larger global environmental problem. …
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Writing Insights
Every month, March holds a company-wide “Training Tea” in which we gather as one big team to learn about a specific concept or issue and share experiences. Sometimes the speaker is one of our own, and other times we’re visited by industry…
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Will Tablets Take Over?
Last week, I blogged about how Apple recently surpassed Microsoft as the most valuable technology company. The article that inspired that post mentioned that music and hand-held devices produce twice as much revenue for Apple as computer sales. Perhaps that…
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The Apple of my i(pod)
It seems like everyone has an iPhone these days. If not an iPhone, then surely an iPod. Or maybe even an iPad. As a long-time Mac user (I come from a Mac family – no PCs allowed), Apple has always seemed like…
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