Suffice to say, the good news about being a Baby Boomer, i.e. someone born between 1946 and 1964 is that we have the benefit of a built-up knowledge base and oodles of lessons learned. Alas, it can also be our down-fall, if we get so full of ourselves, i.e. hubris, that we ignore seeing our blind-spots...

The Wall Street Journal article titled “After Jabs at Cheney, Biden Pursues an Activist Role” as featured in the site “New York City News”  is seemingly about politics but a closer look reveals two key job search attributes. First, Vice President Joe Biden “sees his role...

“What Is the Facebook Fuss-Nomena?” I would have certainly not submitted an English essay to Mr. Leonard Heinz, English teacher during my sojourn at San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School, because “fuss-nomena” is not even in the dictionary! But, it  is certainly...

Mr. John Steele Gordon, author of an Opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal’s January 20, 2009 edition titled “An Inauguration for the People” eloquently describes the building excitement to the eventual inauguration of our new President,  Barack Obama. He scribes…”So...

What a day it has been to witness the Inauguration of President Barack Obama from early morning to this late afternoon moment in San Francisco. This post has its roots in sharing how Twitter has become a powerful networking tool. Today’s coverage by CNN.com and Facebook depict how the Internet...

I typically start my Sunday morning ritual of sipping hot java and reading the New York Times before attending church services, but not last Sunday. Alas, my ears perked up when the priest began his preaching with a story from that morning’s Times titled “It May Be a Good Job, but Is It ‘Good...

The October 20, 2008 Times Magazine edition article “One Bright Spot on Main Street” caught my eye when noting the first paragraph addressed Pittsburgh, PA.’s experience at handling a recession. My corporate career with Westinghouse Electric Corporation was initiated in Pittsburgh in...

I worked my way through high school and college (Stanford University) at a San Francisco based grocery store chain. In fact, my Stanford application essay was based on my observations as a shelf stocker and product packaging schemes. Fast Company’s Melanie Warner’s “Green Business:...

Personal stories are so powerful! Barbara Rozgonyi, WiredPRWorks,  relates her families’ historic trip to Chicago’s Grant Park for Election Night. Her children reminded her that she would regret not going and alas she Twittered and Flickr’d her way through the evening’s excitement. Today,...

Random House, Oxford, Webster. Ring bells? My educational years were filled with frequent visits to dictionaries while composing essays. What is a small business owner to do when challenged to not only find a reputable website design firm, but also know how to transform it to a revenue generating machine? Traffic...