This is likely where most people consider social networks to be too vain, yet a profile picture is important. After reading the proper (i.e. professional) ways to use social networks a profile picture is as important and what you say. The photo included is the latest profile picture used for my professional dossier including Facebook, [...]
Posted on May 30th, 2009 by pdone
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Every once in a while I come across a real gem. Today was a discovery day when a number of things surfaced. The first one was Phonevite.com a service that allows you to broadcast voice messages to a select group of phone numbers. Technically, I have heard this called a phone tree where one person [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2009 by pdone
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Did you ever have one of those days when you started off just fine and all heck breaks loose? You know the day, you wake up read some news online, respond to a couple of emails. Then bam! Your wife says she is pregnant, or your neighbor’s house burn down, your kid gets accepted to [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by pdone
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“It is one quality of leadership to exceed the expectation of those you lead. Leaders are followers of a great plan that is universally beneficial.” (Paul M. Done)
It is sometimes by sad experience I learn from my mistakes. I much prefer learning from other’s mistakes so as not to make them myself. Nevertheless life is [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2009 by pdone
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WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA – NASA’S Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will be the site of the launch of an Air Force Minotaur I rocket carrying the Air Force Research Laboratory’s TacSat-3 satellite and two secondary payloads between 8 and11 p.m. EDT, May 5
The back-up launch days for this mission are May 6 through 9.
More information [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2009 by pdone
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This evening the family and I played Wii Sports. My favorite was boxing; it is a very active experience and rather accurate with blocking, weaving, jabbing and dodging. One of our sons was obviously well-versed in the game and quickly pummeled anyone that came along. Eventually, the game became less enjoyable to watch and even [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2009 by pdone
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Source: Adam Ostrow
Of course, now that Swine Flu has indeed broken out, there are plenty of scientists and pundits bringing attention to their own past predictions. For example, check out the YouTube video below of a scientist talking about his prediction of a global pandemic (though he says it’s not clear if Swine Flu meets [...]
Posted on May 4th, 2009 by pdone
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“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” - General Eric Shinseki
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Posted on May 2nd, 2009 by pdone
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