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  • May 28th, 2011

    Business Email Signatures – Don’t be that guy…

    OK, here comes a big rant on something that I have to put up with on a daily basis and annoys me like an electronic form of a paper cut. This past weekend I spent about 5 minutes on the computer (which equals 2 lifetimes) searching for this person’s phone number. I ended up having

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  • May 7th, 2011

    PSN Down – The Dark Side of Freemium

    First, a fair warning that this post is pretty advanced (technical…) I’m sure you have probably herd by now that the Sony PlayStation Network, which is the online service that allows people to play video games online against/with each other has been down for over two weeks. In the past two weeks I’ve been following

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  • March 29th, 2011

    Office Checklist from My Experience at Grooveshark Headquarters

    Flying back now from my trip to Gainesville Florida for another meeting with one of our new partners Grooveshark. This is my second or maybe third trip to their office and I wanted to report what I’ve noticed that I think any company of any size can use as a checklist Sense of urgency: At

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  • March 8th, 2011

    SXSW Solo Presentation Agenda and Thoughts

    Working on my SXSW solo presentation So I asked Nicole, my brand manager to get me in front of some good crowds this year. I didn’t expect her to land me a 60 min solo spot on a stage at SXSW representing Detroit! I’ve been a performer for most of my life fighting for the

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