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Gen-XY
My birth-date places me on the time-line border between Gen-X and Gen-Y. This is an interesting place to be since one of the consequences is that I do not identify strongly with either group. Some characteristics attributed to Gen-X are appealing to me and some are annoying. The same goes for Gen-Y. Instead of my [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: Age Discrimination, bigotry, career, Gen-X, Gen-XY, Gen-Y, Gen-Z, Organizational Behavior
How to Contact
When contacting people, your likelihood of receiving a timely response will be substantially increased by including your own contact information in a usable format. What do I mean? Here is the best possible way to contact me (and I suspect most people; especially technology-savvy folks): Send me an email. I will usually read it immediately [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: Communication, Contact, Email, Networking, Phone, Voice Mail
Javadoc WIN – Map.keySet()
This week, I was writing a class that implements the Set interface but uses a Map internally to track usage information about the contents of the Set. I was implementing the removeAll() method, and wanted to use an Iterator over the Set returned by Map.keySet() in my method. My question was, will the remove() method [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: Code, Documentation, Java, Technical
JavaOne 2004 Presentation
Believe it or not, I still receive occasional requests for the presentation I co-authored/delivered with Robert A. Cross, Ph.D. at the 2004 JavaOne conference. Without further ado, here is a link to Large-Scale, High-Bandwidth Video and Robotic Camera Control With Java™ Technology.
In: Articles · Tagged with: JavaOne, LinkedIn, Presenting
WSOB EvMBA Class of 2012 Orientation
Monday, August 24th is the orientation for the incoming Class of 2012 in the Wisconsin School of Business (WSOB) Evening MBA Program. As a member of the Student Advisory Board (SAB), I am helping present information to the incoming class from an experienced student’s perspective, this being my third and final year in the program. [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: LinkedIn, MBA, Wisconsin School of Business, WSOB
Class Trip to Beijing
My classmates and I at the Wisconsin School of Business are taking a trip to Beijing, China starting on June 19. This trip marks the conclusion of the second year of our three-year Evening MBA Program. To say that we have been looking forward to it would be an extreme understatement. For the past several [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: China, LinkedIn, MBA, Travel, Wisconsin School of Business
Personal Business Card
I recently ordered a new set of personal business cards from VistaPrint using their online design service: One thing you cannot easily tell from the image above is that the horizontal red line underneath my name is done in red foil on the physical card. The foil effect looks really – really – cool. (And, [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: business card, personal branding
Penelope Trunk at Accelerate Madison Event
I joined Accelerate Madison on Wednesday, May 13 because I wanted to go see Madison’s most famous blogger, Penelope Trunk, speak at their event that evening. I thought maybe I would get to meet her, or to say something memorable and witty to an attendee who would remember my name and be compelled to offer [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: Accelerate Madison, LinkedIn, Networking, Social Networks
Joel Spolsky for Recruiters
On Wednesday, April 22, I had the opportunity to participate as one of five members of a panel at the Employer Open House sponsored by the Wisconsin School of Business MBA Career Management Center. The audience consisted primarily of recruiters from over 30 companies. The panel lasted 90 minutes and consisted of all five members [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: LinkedIn, MBA, recruiting, Wisconsin School of Business
shadit.com Domain Branding Win
I was initially worried about my choice of the domain name for this blog you are reading and for all of my professional correspondence. Then, after having only registered this domain a few hours earlier, I received a phone call from a representative of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. She was very conciliatory, telling [...]
In: Articles · Tagged with: LinkedIn, personal branding
Shad finds high-value intersections between business strategy and information technology. He currently resides in the Madison, WI area.