As I struggle with accepting “prepone” as a word to use in my vocabulary, I reflect back on what I realized was new to me throughout the week. Maybe it’s because prepone rhymes with condone, which is another word I never use as it sounds the opposite of what it truly means, but I digress.

The reality of virtual events – As equal to the marketing intellect of John Wall is how he keeps it real. I have had the good fortunate of knowing John way before he become the podcast pioneer he is with Marketing Over Coffee. John recently did an interview on PR Nation where he talked about virtual events – you can fast-forward 4:50 to hear his wisdom on them.

No impact on me whatsoever – This week fast-food giant McDonald’s announced the re-introduction of the McRib sandwich including how to get one for free as well as dropping all-day breakfast. Neither move will get me to go back there, much to my kiddo’s dismay.

Fortunately no impact on me either – Where I am not currently thinking about my resume, I found this service to create a reactive resume. Even with digital profiles and LinkedIn, having a resume is still important to have if you are looking for your next gig on your career journey.

Bigger Tech – This week it was announced Salesforce, the pioneer in cloud-hosted business applications, has bought Slack, a pioneer in online team collaboration for $27 Billion. Where Salesforce has made other acquisitions this is one of their more high-profile ones. Not to mention feeding the fire for those concerned about “Big Tech” in our lives.

Sounds Pretty Good – It’s amazing to hear and see the change in someone when a bad boss is removed from the picture.

Buzzed Out – About the only real, regularly reported in-depth journalism in my local newspaper is a column called The Buzz, which covers local business news. The reporter who has had this beat for decades announced she accepted a package from the publisher and left last week. The decision as to if I will continue my subscription is still up in the air.

From TRaSh to Live – Despite their age and clear replacements over the decades, there’s a lot of activity globally over vintage computers, from the actual old hardware to emulators on modern computers. An example of this I found this week was a TRS-80 Cassette Reader, where you can record a cassette tape to an audio file, then upload to this site and it will give you back the code that was saved to the tape. For some people reading this who may be confused, before the flash drive and before the floppy disk, there was the cassette data drive.

A Reason to be Giddy – One of my colleagues posted on LinkedIn he was an investor in Giddy. So I had to check it out. Not necessarily safe for work, it’s an FDA-approved medical device to help cure ED. Keeping to the safe for work theme I won’t spell out ED, but I am not talking about Executive Directors. Needless to say, I can see why he’s giddy to announce this.

Remembering a Pioneer – Last week Zappos founder Tony Hsieh died in a house fire in Connecticut. Where many people in the tech world have familiarity with him, one person who knew him is Frank Gruber and he wrote this story about Tony with videos on TechCo. I first met Frank back in the TechCocktail days back in Chicago, and this is a nice tribute.

Bring the Militia to your Soccer Game – The New England Revolution of the Major Soccer League announced its Remote Training Team a free program where Revs players provide training videos and tips for youth soccer players. As one of my kiddos is really taking to the world’s game, I will await her seal of approval from my “hometown” team.

Back to the Blocks – As I am typing this up I am sitting in a hotel conference room watching via streaming video my kiddos’ first swim meet since February. The actual pool is about a 5 minute walk from where I am, but parents aren’t allowed to watch in-person. I have mixed feelings on this as there’s great energy by the pool, cheering on our little ones. However this particular pool is the most uncomfortable aquatic facility I have ever been in. But the important thing is the kids getting back into the pool, and that was a success all around.

Off to Bayfield for Bay Blend!

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This is from The Hot Iron, a journal on business and technology by Mike Maddaloni.

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