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Grow Where You’re Planted

February 29, 2008

My offline friends will tell you how much I hate where I live. I moved here to Baltimore as a preteen with my parents and aside from a 4 year stint galavanting around New York State, including 2 years in NYC, I’ve lived in the Baltimore area since. I graduated from high school here. I [...]

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The Value of Personal Brand to a Business

February 28, 2008

So you just graduated from communications school. You have your business degree in public relations, or you might be a marketing major, etc. You hit the ground running with an offer from several companies looking for “young, eager professionals with a communications degree” to “engage customers with social media tools”.
Let’s cut to the chase. They [...]

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Spanish Content in English Feed

February 25, 2008

Apologies to my english speaking feed readers who have noticed that Spanish content has been leaking into the feed. I had it worked out that that would not happen but at some point, the content began leaking in. I’m on it like espresso beans on decaf (ok, really bad analogy there). Thanks for your patience [...]

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Age of Exploration 500 Years Later

February 23, 2008

In 1519, an explorer by the name of Ferdinand Magellan began a journey that would be the first of it’s kind. He would lead an expedition that would circle the globe for the first time. It would cost him his Portuguese citizenship, 219 crew members, 4 ships and even his own life. In the process, [...]

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The Problem Microsoft Created: Mac Office 2008

February 22, 2008

About a year and a half ago, I made the switch to Mac and I have not looked back. To this day, I feel confused when I go into Windows (XP or Vista) even though I used to support XP for Northrop Grumman.
When I made the switch, I was very much used to Office 2003 [...]

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The Official Unofficial SXSW Playlist

February 21, 2008

I know there’s probably only one of you that remembers back when I was doing custom playlists on request.
Those were the days. I should revive that game.
At any rate, a lot of geeks like myself are heading down to Austin next month for SXSW Interactive, possibly the Mecca of all web conferences. In the spirit [...]

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