Top Eight Ways to Survive Conference Season

Conference season is upon us! It’s been a fun, relaxing summer, but welcome back to hell! With more conferences than ever before from which to choose (don’t these guys know we’re supposedly in a recession?) here are eight easy tips to help navigate the ones you do choose to attend.
1) Networking starts LONG before you [...]



Is it time to say goodbye to Free Wi-Fi?

I remember back in 2002 – I walked into a Starbucks, because I’d heard it was just wired for Wi-Fi – One of the first in the country to get it. It was on 23rd and Park, I believe – I sat down, turned on my PC (Yes, I had an evil PC at the [...]



Five Random Things You Should Be Doing More Of

To compliment yesterday’s post involving five things you shouldn’t do, here’s five things you’re not doing enough of, and you should be doing more.
5) Read different things. If the only places you get your news and information are the same places you’ve been going for the past year, it’s time to find some new spots. [...]



Is Bigger Always Better?

My mom and dad live about 20 blocks south of me, also all the way on the West Side of Manhattan. This morning, my dad called and said “Look at the cruise ship that just pulled into the berth around 42nd St. It’s HUGE!”
He’s right – It’s the new Norwegian Epic – the aptly-named mega-ship, [...]



A pie chart related to my travel.

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