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Do you hate polls? Or your boss? Yes. No. Don’t care.

// June 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Blog

I love polls. I love that someone actually wants my opinion. Evidently, I’m not alone because polls are popular (pun intended). Market research people are not necessarily happy about this. They’re worried. Worried that they might be out of a job if any schmo can put their research in the customers’ hands.

Customer Service is King in Vanuatu

// June 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Blog

The same inhaler that costs me a $15 co-pay costs almost $200 for the cat! When my vet suggested I order the inhaler from a company in the South Pacific that offers the meds at half-price, I thought “Vanuatu veterinary meds? Seriously?”

Is Facebook making me antisocial?

// May 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Blog

I’m ubersocial. Just ask my 481 friends on Facebook, 500+ contacts on LinkedIn and 400+ followers on Twitter. But lately, I’m beginning to wonder: is 24/7 access to everyone I know making me socially lazy? Is my drive to connect in person diminishing? Is social networking making me anti-social?

Improve your chances of being hired. Get Linkedin.

// April 8th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Blog

If you have more than twenty Linkedin connections, you’re thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than someone who has less than five.

What does “authentic” mean?

// March 18th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Blog

In the 5 hours we spent together we listened to 60 songs and talked about what each piece of music meant to us. We also discussed: a local fish market; the merits of French press coffee brewing; dog treats; Siamese cats; why no one should get a PhD; the local biopharma and biotech market; Manhattan (and Cambridge) jazz clubs; Japanese Gibson knock-off guitars; books to read; stereo systems to buy; local music venues; whether Girl Scout cookies are really baked by Girl Scouts…and so much more.

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