Month: May 2012

  • Social Media Day, Pink Slip Party, News, Jobs, Updates and More

    Yeah…didn’t get to this yesterday… Anyway, there’s quite a bit going on in the upcoming weeks.  May’s definitely closing out busy, and June’s starting out that way. You security minded folks are going to want to check out the Security BSides event this weekend downtown.  Tickets for Social Media Day Detroit 2012 become available tomorrow…

  • In Case You Missed These Updates This Weekend

    Two quick updates from over the weekend in case you missed ’em: Don’t Be That Guy: Klout Score Guy went live.  You can read it by clicking here. A nice write-up on CBS Detroit about our efforts from December’s event to support the troops went live yesterday.  You can read that by clicking here.

  • Package Number 2 Arrived in Afghanistan Without Explosions (so far)

    Remember the other day when we told you that the shirt with our logo on it got blown up by an IED in Afghanistan? Did I mention that Russ is an anal-retentive control freak? Well, he’s also smart from time to time. See, Russ divided up the stuff that was gathered at the December event into…

  • Pink Slip Party in June, Plus Explosions, Jobs, Updates and More for 5/23/2012

    You can tell it’s been a while since we’ve done a Pink Slip Party. We haven’t even really started talking about it yet, and we’re already at about a dozen recruiters who have written in confirming they’ll be there and asking what they need to know, and the resumes from job seekers have started to…

  • Okay Taliban…Now It’s Personal (More Updates From December’s Event)

    So we gave you the quick update from Mike over in Afghanistan last week that everything from the December event had arrived. Well one of the things that was in there was a ITinTheD.org t-shirt since we had a batch specifically made up to include in the packages being sent.  Why? Because we thought it would be…

  • Great Event Last Night At BlackFinn

    First off, naturally, a huge “thank you” goes out to Charles Bieneman and the IT Section of the Michigan Bar Association for buying the drinks at last night’s event.  I think (and I hope…) they had as much fun as we did.  I know I had several conversations with a few of their attendees, and everyone…