Last week I vacationed in Colorado and did not take my work laptop with me. Instead, I relied upon my 3 year old BlackJack (version I) and limited cell reception to check work emails once a day. In the end, I’m sad to find out that the office back in Houston survived just fine without
Jordan Furlong’s question on The Future of CLE posted on LinkedIn got me thinking. The question leveraged my prior 3 Geeks post on the Googlization of CLE and included his comments about how CLE’s role could shift towards professional development. So what if we take a step beyond Googlization (which is so “3 months
Do you know what I hate about movie reviews? Chick flicks. Yeah, that’s right. Chick flicks.
And do you know what I hate about book reviews? Romance novels. Yep.
And do you know what I hate about car reviews? Make-up mirrors. Uh-huh.
Are you sensing a theme here (pretend its the SAT/LSAT/MCAT/Dumb, generalized, multi- tests
The Cheap Geek took advantage of the Cash 4 Clunkers deal this week and traded in my 17 mpg Chrysler MiniVan for a 50 mpg Prius. 
Reading Patrick Lambe’s Green Chameleon post entitled “Memory and Infantilism” reminded me of a saying I heard in law school about identifying what is, and what is not important. Lambe discusses the total screw-up that NASA did with the Lunar tapes, and the UK police did in losing important files related to a
Some recent comments disparaging leverage inspired me to pick up the gauntlet. Much like Dennis and Tom’s recent podcast on “What Technology is Dead Today” I expect the title and discussion promoting leverage may bring some attention.
In Patrick Lamb’s post on the subject he chastises Lexis for promoting good leverage in an
I read a lot. But, I don’t usually read the same book twice (because I already know how it is going to end!) But, I do love me some SciFi and Vampires and Humor, so when I get that all rolled into one, I make an exception and read the book again. I do it
Early in my working career, I used to fill in for the receptionist at lunch time. It fast became one of my very favorite duties. You see, the receptionist knows EVERYTHING. She knows who’s working the hardest, who’s taking long lunches, who’s meeting with clients, who’s ducking out early. And let’s not forget all the
[Note: Another brilliant Guest Post from our unofficial 4th Geek, Laura Walters] LinkedIn has become the most popular of the professionally focused social media sites, and therefore a goldmine for various competitive intelligence tidbits, sometimes disclosed inadvertently. What I particularly love about LinkedIn is the web you begin to detect between contacts and their
But what are we really talking about when we talk about leverage? I suggest we are actually talking about profit. But just
