Detroit

Fun episode as Nuri's back in town and we were joined by Valiant Films and Fanworld to talk about making movies, running a con in Niagara Falls, and so, so much more. And yes, there was Zima... Fan World is at http://www.fanworld.us/...

Let me start by saying I immensely enjoyed yesterday's CloudDevDay event.  It was informative and enlightening on a few different levels.  It let me catch up with some familiar faces, and get acquainted with some new ones.  A lot...

Aside from showing up in spy movies as a source for a lethal poison culled from the ovaries of the female or the liver of either sex, puffer fish (or "blowfish", or Tetraodontidae) aren't talked about or seen all that...

"See this?  Our website?  I just want it to suck less.  Can you make it suck less?  I have a big bag of money for someone that can make it suck less for me. " - a CTO who shall...

"...A walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." -Macbeth I knew it would come to this. We've...

"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. There's a very good reason why the contacts in my phone have made the journey with me through...

 “Lighten up Francis…” – Sgt. Hulka **Note: There will be words in here that might offend you. If anything I write here “hits home”, it’s probably because it is you. If you get easily offended, I suggest going to this...

"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. This blog hit me like a ton of bricks this past weekend. I was playing baseball with my 7-year...

Okay, so it's not Earl, you know that...but still, karma can be a funny thing. People often ask "so what do you get out of ITintheD, anyway?"  Which I can understand.  We don't take kickbacks from bars, we don't get...

"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. "I'm working on my MBA..." - a former coworker There are so many ways to cover this topic...so many...

In case you were wondering...no, I don't karaoke. You're welcome. Anyway...so LinkedIn actually did something kind of cool for once.  It doesn't make up for the litany of "suck" that they continue to inflict upon everyone...but still, "cool". They added some metrics,...

Detroit Startup Week 10 Commandments of Networking You can read them here: http://www.itinthed.com/2697/the-new-and-improved-10-commandments-of-networking/

I'll spare you my horrific karaoke rendition of "the children are our future". You're welcome. One of the things that I did recently was a return engagement with a class over at Lawrence Tech.  It's something that I've done a few...

"So this SEO guy walks into a bar, grill, pub, public house, night club, Irish bar, bartender, drinks, beer, wine, liquor, shots, booze..." You read Bad Resume Guy and took the advice in it. You've got multiple versions of your resume...

Congratulations, you've made it past the first hurdle. You've gotten past the gatekeepers, resume screeners, candidate tracking systems, and have gotten a call or email that someone would actually like to talk to you about hiring you for a job...

Consider us the Martin Blank of the IT industry. It's not me, something you did brought me to your door.... OK, that's it. I seriously can't take it anymore. I thought I was going to pull my hair out from...

"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. "I didn't say I was different or better. I'm not. Hell, I sympathize; I sympathize completely. Apathy is...

So a couple months ago at a great ITintheD event at the BlackFinn, "That Guy" shows up once again. Older gentlemen, looked somewhat presentable, and I was introduced by a friend, what I later found out to be a "pawned...

As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), in the first follow up (and you read that one too, right? No? Go read it over here), then in the next...

Yet again, I can almost hear you screaming through the very cabling that makes up the internet: "Dave...seriously...have you nothing better to do than sit around and write these things?" 1. Depending on the day..."no, not really". 2. More importantly, this...