College Grad Special: The Top 10 Best Commencement Speeches

Posted in College & Education on May 26th, 2008 2 Comments

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Happy Memorial Day, dear readers. Today is an important U.S. holiday when we offer remembrance for all the women and men who have lost their lives in military service to our nation. It is also a time for family gatherings and BBQs that for many families coincides with their [...] Continue Reading…

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Filtering Through the Static: My Media Consumption Habits

Posted in Social Media on May 23rd, 2008 2 Comments

I’ve put together a primer on my media and entertainment consumption as part of the Media Diet internet meme. It’s a big post, but I highly recommend each and every one of the useful links contained here, and if you take just five minutes to read through this, I’ve [...] Continue Reading…

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10 Controversial Climate Change Fixes to Spark Discussion—From Wired.com

Posted in Green on May 21st, 2008 5 Comments

It’s been a long time since I wrote about sustainability, but it is one issue that will challenge Generation Y like no other generation yet. I’ve shied away from it because I got tired of reporting on news that always seemed to be negative. I got tired of feeling [...] Continue Reading…

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Get Ready for Blogging with a Vengeance

Posted in Blogging on May 6th, 2008 1 Comment

“People excel at what they are passionate about.”
-Awesome guy Chuck M. Schwab, 1862 - 1939, who started in rags and became emperor of the U.S. Steel Corporation

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I feel guilty about not posting to the blog in the last few weeks, but I’ve been tremendously busy [...] Continue Reading…

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Coachella Valley Music & Arts Fest 2008 Was Incredible!!

Posted in Travel on May 2nd, 2008 1 Comment

I spent about a week in SoCal, and I’m still recovering from three nights sleeping in the desert!

Last Wednesday was a long night racing across CA-41 and CA-46 in the pitch black, which was a very eerie experience with literally no other cars on the road for miles and [...] Continue Reading…

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Looking for the Right Job After College? Alex Levit Provides Some Answers

Posted in Books, Career Development, College & Education on April 15th, 2008 2 Comments

Do you ever ask yourself how one of your friends got a seemingly awesome job? Or, ever find yourself staring off into space while you sit at your desk, daydreaming about being in another line of work?

Well, Alexandra Levit surveyed 500 gen-Y and gen-X professionals to find people [...] Continue Reading…

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