With his utterly deadpan comedy style, Jerry Seinfeld called out the ridiculousness of a recurring fact regarding public speaking: Americans are more afraid of death than they are of public speaking. While public speaking is stressful, especially for first-timers, a little bit of preparation and practice can go a long way to alleviate stress and […]
America’s largest wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless, announced that they would no longer be selling two year phone contracts as of August 13th, 2015. Verizon’s new plans involve no activation fees, are month-to-month, and require that customers purchase their own phones at a retail rates. Verizon will either sell phones to consumers for their full retail prices […]
Social media has become entrenched in our personal and professional lives. We use social media to interact with many divergent social groups – friends, family, work, businesses, society at large. When we post, we form an impression and a record of our interactions. By the divergent nature of our social groups, not all posts are […]
Early reports by the National Retail Federation show a Black Friday weekend sale drop of 11% – from $57.9 billion in 2013 to a projected $50.9 billion this year. Precipitating this overall drop, the total number of Black Friday weekend shoppers decreased by 5.2% and per person spending dropped 6.4% from $407.02 per person last year to $380.95 […]
Man on the Moon, a biographical film on the life of Andy Kaufman, was released in 1999. Fifteen years later, I finally sat down and watched the film. Better late to the party than never. It is somewhat ironic that I waited so long to watch the film Man on the Moon. Growing up, the […]
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