Mark Bowytz

Mark is from Pittsburgh, PA and has 10 years of IT experience. During that time, he has worked for a few of the local large corporations and even the county government in various developer positions.

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A little more than a year ago, Jason M. visited a small company named Jera Co. to write a proposal for wiring-up their office network. Michael, the office manager, described their environment as being a "simple arrangement with a handful of users." Upon inspection — boy oh boy — how simple it was.
When I do my research for "What the Ad?", I see a lot of glitz, a lot of meh, and a lot of everything in between. For starters, this one from American Small Business Computers is a an example of how to get straight down to ...well...business.

BlackBerry UI Magic

2009-08-11
Adam never really had a lot of faith in those "Professional Networking Social Luncheons" that were hosted by his university's career advising office. Despite their seemingly good intentions, there was an air of the events being a safari for smarmy headhunters. But Adam couldn't pass up their latest offering: The Mobile and Telecom IT Ice Cream Social.
Picture this. A completely empty room. Now picture this. A large pile of candy — a crapton to be exact — in the middle of the room and the door creaking open to reveal a class of hungry preschoolers, drooling over the goodies. And, as they walk through the door, each of them are given a sippy cup full of Red Bull.