BLOCHO'S TACOS

If you do stop, you'll fall behind.  This, my friends, seems to be reality. Soft skills, hard skills, juggling skills. There is SO MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE (in books, on the internet, from friends and family and coworkers) and so many things that we can do to learn something new.  This does not have to be learning web design or coding.  I'm talking as simple as a new recipe or a new way of tackling to-do lists. The point is this: There is an entire industry dedicated to giving people easy (and often free) access to classes, workshops, and development "forums".  MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are everywhere -- from Skillshare to Udemy to Lynda.com to University of Phoenix !  Dedicate time to yourself and learn something new every three months.  Why not? A slide from a Project Management workshop I attended Just before clicking "Publish", I was reminded of The New York Times Magazine article from a few weeks ago that addressed the age g...

Riding the subway in NYC is a unique experience.  No other city has a public transportation system quite like New York's. I find it fairly easy to navigate (once you get an understanding of all the different lines) and there is something so "New York" about it.  Everyone rides the subway! Well, there are certainly people who do not.  These people (friends and family of mine, even!) think the subway is dirty, smelly, inconvenient, scary, or some other horrific adjective.  Yes, of course it is!  But not always.  I rarely feel unsafe on the subway.  Even when it smells, I can move cars as soon as I arrive at the next stop.  Maybe it's inconvenient, but so are taxis when they are stuck in traffic or take a stupid route to your destination. Yesterday I observed two amazing moments on the subway.  One on my way to work.  One on my way home. On my way to work: Two kids, I'm guessing 5 and 8, discussing the prank they were going to ...