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Yes, it’s the opening line from Vanilla Ice’s 1989 megahit song “Ice Ice Baby.” I suspect that the suburban rapper honestly just needed a 4-syllable word to complete the line and found “collaborate” in a thesaurus. But could it be that he was truly ahead of his time on this one? With collaboration technology…
DetailsThere is currently a Facebook group with over 3.8 million members circulating the message “We Will Not Pay To Use Facebook. We Are Gone If This Happens.” Come on… are these people really serious? Is Facebook a non-profit or a business? I understand that most of them are saying they prefer advertising-supported over fee-based. But…
DetailsI was talking recently with a friend of mine who considers himself a real man’s man. He made a sweeping, but interesting, generalization about women. He said “most women just expect a man to be strong…showing too much emotion is a weakness.” Is there some truth in that statement? In his book, Men are…
DetailsCould it be… that the ability to “find knowledge” is now more important than to “know knowledge?” I can recall all-night cramming sessions in my school years, trying to memorize factoids in history, literature and science. But with Google and Wikipedia literally at your fingertips now, why bother? My childhood library had a Dewey…
Details“Hey, you got a job interview today?” “You must have an important presentation today.” “Oooooh, lookin’ sharp!” By simply adding a sportcoat to my usual button-down shirt and dress pants, I got these reactions from co-workers yesterday. But why? The correct response was #2, a presentation, which I made more important by dressing up a notch. …
DetailsI was riding on a commuter train this afternoon, and for the most part it was a relaxing and productive time for me. I usually put on my noise-cancelling headphones and tune out the other travelers, but today I couldn’t help but overhear 4 loud people talking and laughing behind me. I was working…
DetailsThe economy is good, then its bad, then it’s good again. You are getting veeerrry sleepy. The hypnotic effect of this giant pendulum swinging back and forth can hypnotize you into a “do nothing” trance… worried if things will ever get better, frozen with inaction when you really should be capitalizing on it. Crisis brings…
DetailsThe entire fitness industry can be traced back to one marketing genius – Charles Atlas. He placed full-page ads in the back of 1960’s comic books to be read by 12 year old boys like me (with bad complexions and serious self-esteem issues) promising the shortcut to a magnificent physique. I remember silently agreeing…
Details“If you’re going to speak in front a large audience, tell a good joke to warm them up first.” That’s the advice that many company presidents follow when they get up to present in front of their quarterly all-hands meetings. And that’s what my company president…let’s call him Bill… did in January of 1992. I’ll…
DetailsI was walking with my family in New York at Christmas time, taking in all the sights and lights along with short breaths of frigid air. From the top of the Empire State building, to the giant piano at FAO Schwartz, to a giant hot fudge sundae at Serendipity – NYC is indeed a magical…
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