Dec 3
I'm not much of a traditional reader. Ever since I was jaded from using my actual imagination by my father, I had completely lost interest in fictional writing, and I never had an interest in history. My primary reading interests now focus only on technology, programming, and things related therein. So, although my reading habits may be boring, I'm still excited about my recent purchases.

I've been needing to use Subversion for awhile now, and although I have it set up and installed, running, and have used it a few times, I really don't know the actual power and capabilities to truly use it, so...now hopefully I will with the following book.
Version Control with Subversion

...and in the honor of trying to keep up with the current trends, I also purchased a book to show how to use (and the reasons for using) Git:

...currently on pre-order, the book is released at the end of the month. Until Git is easily installable on Windows without a lot of pre-requirements, I don't see this being very helpful to me though, but it's always important to at least have a working knowledge.


Now, as a somewhat interesting book that I've felt I would be able to use well in my market, I came across (quite by accident) a little treasure entitled "Selling to the VP of 'No'".

Here's the book's description:
He might be your sales prospect, your boss, an investor, or the chairman of the board. He is also one tough dude. He has to be. Every hour of every day, someone tries to sell him something. He has one way to deal with them: Say "NO." It’s brutally simple, but it works, because most people are simply a waste of his time. Selling Stars know how to break through that tough exterior and get the VP of NO to listen to their story. In this short, visual book, you will learn the secrets of the Selling Stars: how to turn the VP of NO into the VP of GO!

Awesome. :-)

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Nov 5
Saw this on YouTube after doing a search on motivational posters of the same title.

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Oct 12
Although the advertisement itself falls a little short in terms of ... plot? ...a point? ...marketing reliability? ...it's still a really, really cool little computer animated spot. :-D

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Sep 14


Whether you like George Bush or not, you have to admit this is funny.

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Jul 12
Now, not only do I own an Apple Mac Mini, but I've just purchased something I swore I never would. I've bought an iPod Nano. I don't listen to music "on the go", I don't like headphones or ear plugs, and if I did, I'd want to be sure it played protected Windows' Media Audio (and/or video) files. ...so why the iPod?

Simple: it's the best digital device for tracking (and assistive training in) running habits when you also purchase the Nike+iPod kit. Supposedly, it doesn't work with any other model (and who'd want to have a 30GB model strapped to their arm?), and all the other competitive devices I've seen just don't quite measure up to this dynamic duo. It is an expensive thing, but when looking at someone's 2nd look at the device in action, I couldn't resist. The ability to hack, gather, and use all that nifty data was just causing me to ooze with curiosity, and the "I want one" syndrome!

Continue reading "I've stepped into the Dark Side."

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

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