Inside Doug's Head

I am not a number, I am… What's that stuff they make glue out of? I'm that. Forever swirling, forwards and upwards, but always sticky. Sometimes, a little sad.

What if you were IBM advertising on YouTube to giant snack food companies, or global banks wanting to crunch billions of transactions against compliance controls? What if, after spending billions of dollars on marketing, you realized, YouTube viewers are none of those things? All you did was ruined your brand. Idiots. Should you get fired? …

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With great regularity I see articles published in student newspapers written by some idiot pretending to offer the next generation of college job seekers a leg up on their competition with a list of little known tips for mastering the job interview. These lists are ladened with gems and nuggets of employment seeking wisdom such …

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