Man, We Almost Had Some Rain Today…

Well, as I write this and get ready to head out the door the sun is shining. First time today in fact. It’s been cloudy all day and the forecast of rain didn’t really materialize. I’m bummer. My grass is brown and crunchy and could really use some good rain.
I just installed the TwitterFox plug-in. [...]

Friday Social Networking Day!

Something I’ve noticed as I’m using social networks to grow my own professional network: there are some really cool and crazy networks out there.
How do I pick the one to use? One could spend all day literally in multiple networks linking up, posting micro-blogs, etc. It’s crazy. Most of it is useless IMO.
What I’ve found [...]

What Do These Have In Common?

So check out these sites -
www.bigbluehat.com
www.noisetrade.com
www.logforlife.com
www.digitalchalk.com
www.pinpointgeotech.com
These are some young start-up technology companies located either here in the Upstate of South Carolina or Western North Carolina that are creating products that are both functional, usable, and exciting. All of them are less than 5 years old I believe. All of them are having some great growth. [...]

What Jobs are Hot in the Tech World

So what careers are moving and shaking in the IT world? I was talking to my buddy Dave today and we were talking about what IT stuff is coming down the pipe and how would someone get into that field with no experience.
In my limited experience as a recruiter and as an IT guy myself, [...]