Author: Howard
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Product Review: Nokia Astound on T-Mobile
I received a Nokia Asound on loan that I’ve used on and off over the last few weeks, in order to bring my friends a review. The phone runs on the T-Mobile network in the US, and this was the first time I’ve tried T-Mobile in a very long time. Nokia provided a pre-paid SIM…
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What Quiet Dignity Looks Like
I’ve been watching as the media is interviewing people who lost relatives on 9-11 and asking what Bin Laden’s death meant to them. This is a post about the people I know personally, and my take on how they’ve reacted. I’ve been privileged to work with the families who lost rescue workers on 9-11 since a…
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SXSW Cares
Here at the South By SouthWest conference, several of my friends noticed the “fiddling while Rome burns” effect of people socializing and going to parties while tragedy continues in Japan. Realistically, people here are not going to drop everything and become rescue workers, and I think it’s challenging to keep up with news during a…
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Running Contests for Dell
On the Harbrooke Blog, I’ve announced two contests. 1. From Thursday 2/24 at 8 am Eastern through Friday 2/25 at 8pm, the folks at Dell and Zócalo Group will be looking at tweets that are sent that include my Twitter handle, @howardgr, and the #tradesecrets hashtag***. People sharing their tips on how to make a great first impression…
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How We Enjoyed our Taste of Toronto
Back in May, I attended a blogger event and won a “Taste of Toronto” vacation courtesy of Porter Airlines and the Intercontinental Hotel Toronto Centre. This past Columbus Day Weekend (also Canadian Thanksgiving) the family headed off to Newark for our Porter experience, and a long weekend in Toronto. The Newark-based crew was very nice…