Archive For June, 2010

It's Social Media Day!

By | June 30, 2010

Quick! Stop what you’re doing! It’s Social Media Day today! What does this mean? I don’t know. To me every day is Social Media Day, but if Mashable says it is so, it is so. Wait! Stop! It’s also my brother Mike‘s birthday today. Hi Mike. Happy birthday buddy. Ok, back to Social Media Day [...]

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700 Tennessee babies are dying each year

By | June 29, 2010

I came across a post yesterday from the Nashvillest that shocked me: Tennessee now has an infant mortality rate that’s comparable to that of a third world country. [WKRN] How can this be? How is this possible when we live in a city renonwned for it’s medical industry? According to the WKRN story, nationally, Tennessee [...]

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10 minutes, coffee and a chat can land you a job

By | June 18, 2010

When I was a student looking for work, I cold called senior people who worked for companies I wanted to work for. Depending on the size of the company it sometimes took several calls. Notice I said “call” and not email. Pick up the phone! My “ask” was for 10 minutes of their time to [...]

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I'm one lucky guy

By | June 16, 2010

Nine years ago today, Heather and I were married in Memphis. We met in 1998, when we were both in Galway, Ireland. I don’t talk about her here enough, but know that not only is she the light of my life, she’s also my best friend. Without her I would not have two incredible kids, [...]

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