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I had to get some work done on my car not too long ago at the BMW dealership on McNeil Road (in North Austin).  This was my second visit and the first time I ended up getting a loaner (see below). Here are some pictures from the waiting area… Free Starbucks coffee station for a [...]


Quick Note

30Jul09

My 25th post coincided with my best month (in terms of comments and overall hits) since I started this blog a short time ago.  I will work hard to deliver even better content in my next 25.  Thanks for the comments!  Keep them coming.  I especially appreciate FB shout outs such as my boy James: [...]


“You’re the same today as you’ll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”- Charlie “Tremendous” Jones On my 10 hour flight to Boston last week I was able to complete  The 21 Irrefutable Rules of Leadership. As I was reading, the lady next to me noticed and [...]


Boston Bound!

09Jul09

I’m headed up to Boston and Maine for some R&R!  Pictures and stories (hopefully) to come. //A.J.


“[H]uman beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them… [L]ife obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”- Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I view my life as a progression of smaller cycles, revolutions rather than linear sequences.  [...]


Placing your resume in the public realm requires certain considerations: 1.  Be selective. Presumably you don’t handout your resume to everyone, you are selective.  In the same way you should be selective about the mediums you post.  That way it is more likely to reach the intended viewer and thus increase your odds of being [...]


This may be common sense but bears repeating, your personal brand is NOT just about you. Your personal brand encompasses not only your work product, personality, attitude, etc., but also your associations both professional and personal. This is important as social media applications are being more readily adopted by the public.  It is a principle [...]


Both LinkedIn and Doostang, Web 2.0 job/networking sites geared toward professionals, offer premium services.  My question is, who’s paying for them? Unlike Doostang (of which I am a member but rarely use), LinkedIn offers more than enough free services to users that there is no real enticement to pay for more. LinkedIn is passive in [...]


Below are a few books I’ve had queued in my mind over the course of a very busy Spring.  There’s a good mix of genres with various styles and lengths. A.J.’s Summer reading list: A Hungry Heart: A Memoir (Gordon Parks) Campaign Craft” The Strategies, Tactics, and Art of Political Campaign Management Confederacy of Dunces [...]


This post is meant for the causal viewer of sports.  Those who wish to to remain relevant in a sports conversation (say among a group of colleagues/partners/higher-ups/etc.). You desire to be included and engaged in the office or lunch time sports discussion.  You watch the big games but generally sports viewing is not a dominate [...]