David McCoy

Digital Natives vs Digital Immigrants: A common dividing point. One of my friend’s kids just joined the Facebook crowd. Her first post was, “I got a Facebook.”  Interesting choice of verb, “GOT.”  I use that verb when I pick up milk and bread. She used it when she picked up an account. Even more interesting [...]

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Well, it was one year ago, on September 15th, 2008 when I uttered my first post on this blog. I was on the Friday night Amtrak Southern Crescent, returning from Washington DC, when I got the word that “The blogs are ready.”  On Monday, I was locked and loaded, technologically ready to roll.
Here’s what I [...]

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I have been “dealing” with a stunning social networking site. I say “dealing” in that it keeps “crapping out,” throwing off Java errors, stack errors, database write errors, net connection errors, etc. The site says, “Sorry… we are down” way too often. Sometimes, it just eats your post. Other times, it acts like a wayward [...]

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I checked on my newspaper’s website tonight, and this was the list of “MOST POPULAR ARTICLES.”
LOL – it’s all my humor stuff. That’s either really sad or really cool. Either way, you might enjoy a fun read of my non-work-related hobby.
Here is the overall URL – Look for Pecan Pie for the Mind as the [...]

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I will be posting personal ramblings on Twitter. At least, I think I will.  I might actually want my life back at some point…
Until then:
@DavidWMcCoy
Yep. It’s true. I Tweeted from 9/12 to 9/17 and found it to be of little value to me on a personal level. I cannot imagine that I want people [...]

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Hear Elise Olding interview BPM Summit Keynote Jeff Gibson from The Table Group.  Jeff will be presenting “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.”  In this podcast, he shares some interesting insights.  A key point is about “investing” in team building.  In order to really achieve your project’s objectives, you need to invest time up front [...]

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I have some books left over from my college days. Since 1978, I have opened my Pascal programming book about 10 times. 9 times were simply to see if I had left any dollar bills as book marks.  My “Legal Environment of Business” book from 1986’s fun class of the same name sits unopened since [...]

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This was going to be a post on Facebook, but I decided to leave it here instead. “Lucky” you… or, is it my friends who are the lucky ones?
Washing my car in 1978 – Water, bucket, sponge, old cloth T-shirt, Joy dishwashing detergent, maybe some paste wax (once a year) if Dad had any in [...]

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I have been up most of the night, nursing a ruptured ear-drum.  One thinks a lot at night. Here’s one of the odder thoughts I have had in a while.
I see a LOT of the use of this cute emoticon
XD
Sideways, it looks a lot like my old favorite
:>
However, the “eyes and mouths” are different. [...]

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First, I did not create this graphic. I am using it here at the mercy of the creator. Creator, if you so desire, I will take this down. But… know that you have my undying respect as a fellow humorist. I will give you something funny in return.
NOW! Do you have what it takes for [...]

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