Month: April 2015

  • The Recruiter Strikes Back

    The Recruiter Strikes Back

    I know what you’re thinking.  You’re thinking “My god Dave…don’t you have a life?  A job?  Do you literally do nothing but sit around and write blog entries all day every day?” Job?  Yes.  Life?  Depends on who you ask.  But this one isn’t really me.  One of the recruiters that regularly participates in our…

  • Episode 89: Pure Storage, The Penguicon Recap, Recorded Live at Penguicon

    Episode 89: Pure Storage, The Penguicon Recap, Recorded Live at Penguicon

    Well…we’ve had smoother running episodes, that’s for sure…but Episode 89 of our live weekly broadcast is in the books. We were plagued by technical difficulties this time around for some reason, so please excuse some of the rough cuts during conversations.  We did the best we could getting everything cleaned up as best as we…

  • Stop Twittering Yourself!

    Stop Twittering Yourself!

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank Yeah, I’m looking at you, Mister “Hey Cool, I Can Link My Twitter and LinkedIn Accounts!” Guy. (updated June 9, 2010)

  • 2015 Penguicon Review, Part 1: The Sales Guy Learns Something

    2015 Penguicon Review, Part 1: The Sales Guy Learns Something

    This past weekend, Dave and I spent every waking minute at Penguicon. And not to turn this into a clickbait story headline, but something happened that I never expected – I learned a lot about myself this weekend. I realized that my world is much bigger than I ever anticipated….

  • Episode 88: The Center for Michigan, Penguicon, Agile and Beyond

    Episode 88: The Center for Michigan, Penguicon, Agile and Beyond

    1988 was a good year for movies and music, and episode 88 of our live weekly broadcast wasn’t too shabby either. Joined by our guests from The Center for Michigan, as well as our friends from Penguicon and the Agile and Beyond conference, a great time, some fun chats and a whole lot of information…

  • Evolution

    Evolution

    Now that I’m taking some time to gather my thoughts beyond “Thank you” after last night’s event at the BlackFinn, one of the conversations that I had is really resonating with me this morning. It’s about the evolution of our group.  Where we’ve been, where we are now, and the changes that we’ve seen not…