March 13th, 2011

Google’s 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve

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

Suit Shopping

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 [...]

May 17th, 2009

Prague

- Late night dining is virtually non-existent in Prague. – You can defeat the annoying cabaret workers on Wenceslas Square by speaking French. – According to The New York Times Bellevue is the best restaurant in Prague. – One hour of paddle-boating on the Vltava river is approximately 200 Kč. – Prague II has [...]

February 13th, 2009

Just Like Everybody Else

In Germany my office is…well, an office. The typical setup in Germany seems to be an office shared by 3-5 people; my office is a smaller one, so it is setup for two people, but I am the only one in here. There are certainly many great features to such a setup including: the [...]