In July, I was invited to host a tech talk on using APIs at JEBCommerce, an agency partner of ShareASale. JEB runs a monthly knowledge sharing session where employees disconnect from their day-to-day in order to learn new skills. Tech talks tend to cover topics that the layman may find dry. As such, in addition […]
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 […]
An endless airport security line is a truly dispiriting experience. While first class passengers have long enjoyed expedited security lines, those first class passengers pay a pretty penny for their benefits – typically outside of the majority’s personal or business travel budgets. Fortunately, the government has created programs to expedite airport security lines for frequent […]
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 […]
When buying a home, many first time buyers aren’t fully aware of all the costs that go into paying for real estate on a monthly basis and may face sticker shock after purchasing a new home or not be approved for a mortgage after making an offer due to some these costs. Before making an […]
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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