Michael Throm

Cuppa: A Marketing Story

Cuppa: A Marketing Story

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Arbitrary Apologue: Method

arbitary apologue

Arbitrary Apologue: Method

I consider myself a decent writer, and I decided to challenge myself by utilizing a new technique for determining nouns to be used in a creative writing assignment for a graduate level marketing class. The method used is detailed below.

Learning From Mistakes

Learning From Mistakes

I make lots of mistakes. I forget to back up files for months at a time. I use words around strangers that aren't meant to be used in polite company. Sometimes I even run on an assumption that I have not verified to be true or untrue.

A Review of "The Cashless Society"

A Review of "The Cashless Society"

Hendrickson alludes to the futurists at the time believing "the disappearance of money as cash" is an inevitable conclusion that may come about within a short portion of the current cycle in human history.

Managing Gen Z in the Workplace

Managing Gen Z in the Workplace

The key takeaway for me was "Gen Z is unique in growing up with a culture of safety where overprotective parenting inadvertently took away their opportunity to learn life skills."

Improving Analysis Using Taurascatics

Improving Analysis Using Taurascatics

Successful college students read critically and call bullshit when they see it

GRE, GMAT & Graduate School

GRE, GMAT & Graduate School

To get into graduate school you will need to take a standardized test as part of the admissions process ... Here's my experience ...

Literacy Development in the Golden Hour

Literacy Development in the Golden Hour

It can generally be said that parents should start reading bedtime stories to children before the age of three to effectively provide the literacy development needed for higher levels of intelligence.

Artistic License

Artistic License

Four months of research, writing, conducting interviews, taking photographs, making notes ... was hacked into a mere 385 words with the malice and forethought of a serial axe murderer on holiday.

Naked Programming Heuristics

Naked Programming Heuristics

The following thought experiment shows how part of my literacy sponsorship involves the “banned books” list and the structure and syntax used in computer programming languages.

English 101, Again ...

English 101, Again ...

Prepare yourself to take remedial classes, unless the credits you earned taking online classes while in the service are compatible at the institution of higher learning you are going to attend.

My Headless Pi Zero W Setup

My Headless Pi Zero W Setup

This is a guide on setting up a Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless network monitor with the addition of a push button shut down/power up service, a custom message of the day and creating a backup image to expedite new test projects. Most of this will be accomplished through the command line.

Pi Zero W Safe On/Off Switch

Pi Zero W Safe On/Off Switch

A way to use a push button to call up a service to safely shut the Raspberry Pi down without having to SSH into it.

Preparation Part Two

Preparation Part Two

The first step is taking an objective look at all of the big tasks that need to get done to successfully meet your objective(s).

Adventures in Third Party Services

Adventures in Third Party Services

It's been awhile since I needed to do any configurations with 3rd party services for a website and this week I had the opportunity to take a trip down memory lane ...

Preparation - Part One

Preparation - Part One

Attend the Career Skills Program briefs as soon as you can. There are a number of organizations that will train you in something you have an interest in ...

MSSA - Back to School

MSSA - Back to School

By Friday afternoon the transition away from our respective units and into a formal learning environment was beginning to sink in.

Credit Where Credit is Due

Credit Where Credit is Due

I was sitting at the Staff Duty Desk looking for a way to provide a secure connection to my content for end users. I stumbled upon an article ...