March 13th, 2011
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 21:49
I just read a great article in the New York Times titled: Google’s 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve. It is excellent, and it really emphasizes the important of management as a skill and not as a promotion. Sure, the ideas are simple, but the key take away is that you don’t have to [...]
November 3rd, 2010
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 8:37
I recently had the pleasure of bringing my brother suit shopping. It hadn’t occurred to me how much some people don’t know about buying a suit. Here’s a brief guide of things to look for to put yourself a nice looking suit, in case you didn’t know.
Fit. Fit is everything. If the suit [...]
October 31st, 2010
Filed under: Ryan Allen Endorses — Ryan J. Allen @ 15:26
When I was with Katy in London I would point out the Starbucks that was visible from every entrance to the Tube. When Evan, Matt, Kevin, and I are in Prague we would “Czech In” every morning to Starbucks in Wenceslas Square. Last winter Adam, Eric, and I would enjoy the occasional 7 a.m. Starbucks trip before work. I visited Jill many times at Starbucks, even sharing her excitement in having some of her photos on display there. A photo of Tiffany is on display in the very Starbucks that she so happily works at. Muis, Foran, Gilles, Misha, Gervais, Joel, and I will relieve our minds from the grip of work with the occasional trip to the Starbucks a mere 300 metres walk from the office. My first apartment was right over a Starbucks in Kingston.
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September 14th, 2010
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 22:42
I received my VISA bill in the mail today. It is particularly high this month, due to some business travel in August and a seemingly rampant drive to spend money. There are some hilarious pieces of information on this bill that I thought you’d all like to read about.
The bill is six pages [...]
January 31st, 2010
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 15:58
Have you ever noticed a tendency for Windows application developers to assume that their software is the One True Reason that you have a computer? It puts an icon on your desktop, in your quick launch bar, at the top of the Start menu, and in a new program group in the Programs folder. [...]
January 29th, 2010
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 6:33
Dear Customer:
In exchange for our product not lacerating your hands please accept a complimentary beverage of any size.
Starbucks Corp.
January 28th, 2010
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 1:11
If you are reading this on the Internet then you must know what the iPad is. Sure, there’s lots that could be written on that topic but really I’d like to write about mobile data.
We all have mobile phones, and almost all of them these days have data service. A lot of us [...]
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