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FAA realizing Kindles and iPads won’t kill us (nor will phones…but one step at a time)

Soon, you won’t need to power off every electronic gadget before takeoff. In fact, if your device has an ‘airplane mode’, the FAA is seriously considering letting you leave it powered up as long as you change modes. After years of flat-out lying to passengers that devices interfere with cockpit communications, there’s light at the […]

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Business travelers unite (and put a $20 to work!)

The following is a guest post by Paul LaBelle, a marketing and corporate communications executive with deep experience in the software industry. A former journalist, Paul lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts. When you think about it, all business tips are grounded in common sense. And all too often, the simplest, most common sense improvements are […]

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How I beat Las Vegas (but shouldn’t have)

I left Las Vegas yesterday afternoon after five days in town for TUCON 2012 and drove back to Los Angeles where I live. The evening sky was amazing and the desert was gorgeous from the luxury of my air-conditioned car. It didn’t hurt my mood to know that I didn’t gamble a single dime. I […]

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