Layoff 2009: An Ex-Yahoo's Survival Guide

Part One: Suddenly a Statistic So it's 2009 and you've just spent the past 15 years or so either working, going to school (partying), or pursuing your chosen profession. You were one of the most experienced guys in...

Metallica Returns With Powerful New Release: Death Magnetic *Updated

This summer on Now Public and on my own site, I've been following Metallica cross-country to their only two live US appearances at Bonnaroo and at Ozzfest. Ozzfest marked the 15th time I've seen the band live and...

Hurricane Ike Hits Galveston

As I sit here, safe in my Dallas office -watching cable news coverage of hurricane Ike, I'm reminded  of the many trips I've taken to Houston and Galveston over the years. Galveston is a very popular...

Ozzfest Takes Dallas, Sweet Homecoming Tribute To Fallen Legend: local report...

Photos and Story by: George A. TenEyckIn its sole appearance for 2008, Ozzfest rumbled into Frisco, Texas Saturday for an afternoon of sweltering heat, incredibly loud sound, and some of the best hard rock and...

Fort Worth Suburb Shakes Bad Publicity, Scores 2nd on Most Affordable Places ...

CNN Reports: Watuaga, Texas (my city) is the 2nd most affordable place to own a home in the NATION. While no town is perfect, finally Watauga makes it into the national news for something besides cars hitting...

Yahoo! Not Quite Ready To Make Nice With Microsoft, Rejects Latest Offer

..It's been a roller coaster at the office lately with all of this buyout talk by Microsoft, but I am happy to have read this story. I'm not quite ready for a hostile takeover and certainly not ready to work for...

U2 Takes Fans Back To Pop Mart -On New DVD

By: George A. Ten Eyck    In these tumultuous times, many people are longing for a time (not so long ago) when gas was cheap, the economy was good, we were at peace (basically), and neon, cool-blue,...

The Best Canceled TV Show Ever: Lives On..(On DVD) Arrested Development

     Recently, after reading an interview with Jason Bateman and via the miracle that is Netflix, I discovered the now canceled TV show- Arrested Development. After maxing out my Netflix...

A Chance Experience, Pride Festival, San Francisco

    With so many pride-centric events and marches happening this weekend, I wanted to share some photos and words from my chance opportunity last summer to experience the San Francisco GLBT pride...

The Van Halen Reunion Exeperience, Return of the Real Guitar Hero

With a successful tour of North America completed and nearly $95 million earned the recently reunited Van Halen have returned to the rock stage in 2008 just in time. Whammy bars and extended guitar solos are...

Yahoo! Lays Off 1,500: A Stay Of Execution For Some, Others Shown Door

Along with every other major tech company in the USA, Yahoo! was in the news again today with approximately 1,500 layoffs. I am happy to report that our group, The Content Production Team in Dallas, was spared in...

Bonnaroo 2008, The Write-Up, One Writer's Take

    When I first heard that the mighty Metallica had been booked as a headliner for Bonnaroo 2008 I was immediately interested.    I am a musician, a writer, a media professional, and...

Godspeed, Tim Russert

As someone who has worked in the media and consumes tons of news media, I realize that there are many levels of professionalism amongst the news outlets who tell our stories. I was saddened when I heard of Tim Russert's passing this week. I studied journalism in...
 

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