All Blog Entries

• Video: 15 Minutes of Learning a Day May 7, 2019
• Concept Over Process: A Mindset and Methodology for Better Technology November 28, 2018
• Episode 30 – Schedule and Productivity October 3, 2018
• Episide 29 – The Entrepreneurial Careerist Revisited and Where I Have Been September 25, 2018
• How I won two new clients and The Entrepreneurial Careerist September 28, 2017
• Ingredients versus Recipe – Why IT Pros get it wrong June 23, 2017
• Episode 28 – Career Coincidences and Up Your Numbers May 10, 2017
• The Employability Puzzle! How to launch into IT or any career May 2, 2017
• Episode 27 – What’s more important for an IT career, degrees or certifications? Or something else? April 30, 2017
• Video: Is it What You Know or Who You Know? Both Are Needed April 24, 2017
• Which One of You Brought Down the Internet Last Friday October 25, 2016
• Microsoft Access database that reads and extracts website data – file download September 30, 2016
• Episode 26 – DO NOT withhold information to artificially bolster your value as an IT professional August 11, 2016
• Episode 25 – Learning New Technology and Identifying the Next HOT Technology August 2, 2016
• Episode 24 – Permission Granted July 26, 2016
• Episode 23 – Political rants are career suicide July 19, 2016
• Who Cares? Now What? Thoughts on 2016, Plans, & Action January 1, 2016
• Fitness, Focus, and Your Career December 28, 2015
• The Project Management Blues December 7, 2015
• 21 Earning a 6 Figure Income in Information Technology November 6, 2015
• 20 My mom, cancer, tennis, and time September 24, 2015
• Mailmerge using VBA, Excel, and Word September 4, 2015
• 19 Refocusing and Re-purposing Your Career August 26, 2015
• The IT Job Seekers Song from the Camarillo Public Library August 24, 2015
• Lessons from the grocery store and business-aligned IT August 20, 2015
• 18 Six Productivity Hacks You Can Start Using Today August 4, 2015
• 17 cloud-based project management and collaboration tools July 28, 2015
• 16 Your Calendar and Maximum Productivity July 21, 2015
• 15 – What does proactive mean when it comes to getting the job you want? Other projects? July 16, 2015
• Public Speaking Advice – begin with a story & end with a song July 13, 2015
• 14 – How can you negotiate your salary for a Best Buy, Geek Squad position July 7, 2015
• 13 – What would you do with $1,000 dollars and our mantra: Be Proactive! Be Positive! Add Value! Share Opportunity! June 30, 2015
• 12 – Relaunch, New Name, and Avoiding the Helpdesk June 25, 2015
• CIO Magazine Blog – 3 Skills do drop to become a CIO June 22, 2015
• Is LinkedIn an effective social network June 18, 2015
• Before you purchase equipment, speed up what you have June 17, 2015
• Become a better delegator May 12, 2015
• Make Facebook share the correct image from WordPress May 2, 2015
• True LinkedIn Interactions – A Tale of Two Interactions April 21, 2015
• Using Social Media workshop video April 4, 2015
• Live Streaming Video Conversations March 18, 2015
• Twitter, hashtags, and the value you add March 10, 2015
• How to use LinkedIn Effectively March 4, 2015
• Should you automate your twitter engagement? February 15, 2015
• Annotating Graphics for System and Company Documentation February 10, 2015
• Speaking Event – Why IT in Wisconsin February 5, 2015
• Do Job Titles and Descriptions Kill Innovation? January 26, 2015
• Those Paying Your Dues Blues January 14, 2015
• Create a linke-able process library with Google Docs January 5, 2015
• New Year/New Focus: You rather than them December 31, 2014
• Project Management and Team Collaboration December 17, 2014
• Author update – technology and music November 19, 2014
• How to get past unrealistic job postings October 8, 2014
• Professional Networking: Put Relationships In Context – whether in person or online September 29, 2014
• Presentation: The Proactive Careerist and Overcoming Adversity September 23, 2014
• 3 Critical Productivity and Information Tools September 22, 2014
• Coaching for IT executives, IT professionals, and IT departments September 10, 2014
• Facebook Messenger Security and Privacy September 4, 2014
• A couple innovative ways to use Google Drive August 19, 2014
• New YouTube Channel Art Template in Microsoft Publisher July 29, 2014
• Presentation tips for CIO’s and other IT leaders July 17, 2014
• Time and Task Management – Part 4 – Managing Information July 7, 2014
• New consulting articles – proposals, sub-contractors, and personal brand June 27, 2014
• Time and Task Management – Part 3 – Google Calendar June 17, 2014
• Time and Task Management – Part 2 June 9, 2014
• Time and Task Management – Part 1 June 5, 2014
• Solution Selling – A Case-study Approach April 3, 2014
• Google Drive versus Dropbox for Consultants and Coaches March 25, 2014
• Bring Shadow IT to the Light: Innovation is NOT the Enemy March 18, 2014
• Give a damn and other career attitudes March 4, 2014
• A Poem for IT Professionals [blast from blog post past] February 28, 2014
• Public Speaking Tips to Help Your Career and Business February 27, 2014
• 11 – Beat The Rush [video] February 25, 2014
• Build a More Strategic CIO February 21, 2014
• Would You Hire Yourself to Find Yourself A Job February 19, 2014
• Recipe Versus Shopping List Thinking February 12, 2014
• Scheduling, Productivity, and Google Calendar February 5, 2014
• Do Not Read This!!! Unless You Want a Great Job January 30, 2014
• That’s Amazing! No really, it is! January 27, 2014
• The User is the Purpose not the Problem January 25, 2014
• Coaching for CIO’s, CTO’s, I.T. Departments, and I.T. Consultants January 21, 2014
• Honesty may be the best encouragement January 20, 2014
• How do I get a job in Information Technology and the mythical career path November 19, 2013
• Wanting is Not Enough October 28, 2013
• Two Articles – Part-time Consulting and The Value of Degrees and Certifications October 22, 2013
• The Entrepreneurial Careerist begins September 25, 2013
• Should All Internships Be Paid? September 2, 2013
• Want to Grow Your Computer Career? Get Lazy! August 21, 2013
• 10 – How to Get Your Dream Job July 24, 2013
• Do LinkedIn Endorsements have any value? July 23, 2013
• 9 – Your Personal Declaration Of Independence July 1, 2013
• VIDEO UPDATE – Wilted tomatoes and encouragement June 3, 2013
• 8 – The Role of Technology May 29, 2013
• 7 – Scheduling and Calendaring May 8, 2013
• Bad Review, Good Review, and My Content Schedule May 7, 2013
• 6 – Getting Started In Consulting April 25, 2013
• Oops.. Site down this weekend April 22, 2013
• 6 Lies You Tell Yourself About Productivity April 9, 2013
• 5 – Overcome Fear and Your Career April 5, 2013
• Win a FREE signed copy of Building Your I.T. Career April 5, 2013
• The I.T. Job Seeker’s Song – from the past March 27, 2013
• 4 – Breaking Into I.T. March 27, 2013
• Google Reader and RSS feed update March 18, 2013
• 3 – How Valuable is Your Value March 15, 2013
• Tutorial – Getting Started with WordPress March 13, 2013
• 2 – Some of my projects and what it means to be proactive March 5, 2013
• 1 – Introductions and how to introduce technology to youth February 28, 2013
• Your Career, Your Economy, and Where We Go From Here February 26, 2013
• The Mantra. Be Proactive! Be Positive! Add Value! Share Opportunity! January 4, 2013
• 12 Weeks to Profitable Consulting Webinar September 18, 2012