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(This content was originally posted on MENGonline.) I read a great quote from Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin in an old Fortune article: “About 70% try to work on the core efforts of the company… about 20% goes to adjacent areas and expansion, and for the 10%, anything goes.” Google has been using this resource management technique for several years, as Continue Reading →

In the wake of the second Presidential debate, the media has focused, rightfully, on Governor Romney’s comments about a “binder full of women.” To be clear, he said, “And — and so we — we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members Continue Reading →

Are you a Maker? Do you know a Maker? Do you know what a Maker is? There has been a lot of attention recently around Maker Culture. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with the NYC Economic Development Corporation, proclaimed the week of September 24-30, 2012 as “Maker Week.” Wired Magazine’s October cover features Continue Reading →

(Part 1 of this two-part piece can be read here.) After the second presidential debate—mere minutes after—I received a ‘robotext’ from Romney’s camp: “Romney Won the Debate!” My own assessment of the debate aside, it was mildly annoying that I’d have to pay for what I thought was a pointless text. (I would have thought Continue Reading →

(This content was originally posted on Medical Billing and Coding.) With healthcare records going digital and doctors using iPads to manage patient care, it should come as no surprise that many prescriptions are going beyond medications these days. Major news outlets all over the world are reporting that doctors are increasingly prescribing health-focused applications to patients, helping Continue Reading →

With the presidential election a month away, robocalls are in full swing for both candidates. For both political parties, actually. On the national level. On the state level. For all sorts of voting issues. Oh, it’s on. You know the drill—you get home from work, sit down to relax… and your phone rings. Some people Continue Reading →

Three decades ago, only one Spanish-language network was on the air (Univision, then known as Spanish International Network), and it was a huge deal for them to land a national advertiser like McDonald’s or Kraft, because the majority of national advertisers didn’t see the point of representation among the population of U.S.-residing Latinos at the Continue Reading →

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. –Helen Keller, in a letter written in 1911 Did you happen to catch the “debate” last week? The monumentally wooden Jim Lehrer spent Continue Reading →

  In my last column, I wrote about attending Burning Man for the first time. I included lots of links that I highly recommend you click on if you have not yet done so, as they will provide a basic understanding of the beauty of Burning Man. At the end of that last column I Continue Reading →

Last Sunday on Meet the Press, Chuck Todd said that Chris Christie made an “honest gaffe” by stating that on the morning after the first debate, the game (the upcoming presidential election) would be completely changed. I wondered if the term “honest gaffe” was an oxymoron. In my research, I found that there are indeed Continue Reading →