Author Archives: scott
Social Media Optimization – Market and Build your Business
Thanks to all who attended my Social Media Optimization class at Harper College Tech. It was great to meet you all, and good luck. Let me know what I can do to help. Here are the Class Resources I promised … Continue reading
People Find Jobs Via People not Job Ads. Book Prescription.
Often times, people say, to find a job, one has to network. What does that mean? Networking means, talking to people. Communicating and expressing how you can help others and how you can help them. So How can I network … Continue reading
SCNA The path to craftsmanship as a software developer and more.
Well, I am attempting my first live-blogging session. I am at the Software Craftsman North America conference in Chicago. Here are my notes, I’ll refine them later and and plan on updating them as I go. Updated 2009-08-27. I added … Continue reading
Is your success your own?
“You can’t be successful at everything. You can’t have it all. We hear a lot of talk about work-life balance. Nonesense. You can’t have it all. You can’t. So any vision of success has to admit what it’s losing out … Continue reading
View Label Gridlines or Label Outlines in Office 2007
As part of my IT Director position, I often have to support users with various end user questions. One of the questions I had recently, We upgraded our Microsoft Office from Office xx to Office 2007. I now open my … Continue reading
A good book. Traits of a good technology class part one
This is the first article in a multi-part series about the Traits of a good Technology class. One of the questions I get asked all the time is What makes a good class? Is it the trainer? Is it the … Continue reading
Sparse-ness Where are you?
While teaching web classes, I often get the question about my own website and business: So Scott, you’re an Internet Technology Trainer and Expert, What’s your website? Where can I check out your portfolio? I always respond with there is … Continue reading
The Journey Begins. – Eat your own Dog Food!
Welcome to octāvity. This site is a work in progress place for me to write, test, experiment, and show my wares. Of course, its a place for my clients, customers, and prospects to learn about my services. Add to that … Continue reading