Last year, the United Nations celebrated International Women’s Day under the official theme “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. One industry that is still a long way from gender equality is the tech industry. While the percentage of women in the United States labor force has...
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Living in the Moment
Living in the Moment The other day, I noticed that one of my teammates posted a comment on Facebook that said, he was in Florida and couldn't wait for his retirement. I shook my head. Here’s a guy who has to be at least 10 years younger than me and...
Dealing With An Elderly Parent Who Is Computer Illiterate
Dealing with an elderly parent who is computer illiterate Dealing with an elderly parent is difficult. But when it comes to dealing with an elderly parent who is computer illiterate and insists he/she knows how a computer operates, well then, it's more difficult! My dad insisted on getting an iPhone....
A NEW SMART BED THAT MONITORS SLEEP
Here’s an interview I had with a company that developed a new smart bed that monitors your sleep and your children’s sleep patterns. Interesting stuff! Check it out by clicking on the link below:
Product Review: TRIDONIS Workout Clothes
Product Review: TRIDONIS Workout Clothes A new local Long Island company is trying to make their mark in the workout apparel industry. The company, TRIDONIS, was recently created by three brothers and a sister who wanted workout attire that would be comfortable and breathable at the same time. Here's their...
Do You Know About Our HJMT Blog?
Do you know about our HJMT Blog? We recently launched our new HJMT website. If you haven't seen it, take a quick look. You will notice that we have all new faces now at HJMT. Jeannine Iwankiw is our new office manager. She comes to us from WABC-TV and was...
Weekend Getaway: Beacon, NY
Weekend Getaway: Beacon, NY My husband and I decided to get out of town for the weekend for our anniversary. We had heard a lot of interesting things about the town of Beacon, upstate, NY but had never been there. The one thing that attracted us to the town was...
Firefly Music Festival Lets Attendees Decide Top Performers
Firefly Music Festival Lets Attendees Decide Top Performers Firefly Music Festival, the east coast’s largest music and camping festival, announced today an expansion of fan engagement and interaction. Through a variety of consumer-focused initiatives including fan surveys, votes, and contests, Firefly has become the first-ever fan-curated music festival. Since the...
Linked Learning: Loading Education 4.0?
IMD Professor Stefan Michel on LinkedIn and the future of learning in the workplace LinkedIn recently announced that it was entering the professional development market. Surprisingly, this news barely caused a ripple. Will 22 September 2016 go down in history as a key milestone in the digital transformation of the...
Thoughts on Teaching…
Thoughts on teaching... When I was growing up, my mother used to tell me that I should be a "school teacher." Of course I never listened because that's what kids do, they don't listen to their parents. I refused to do anything that they did, which was go into civil...