By Jason Valalik
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I have been primarily a PC user in my professional career, however in college and as a youth I was an Apple only guy so I am familiar with both platforms. Given that the new Mac Books allow you to use Windows and Mac it was a no brainer for me to move to a Mac. The release of Office 2007 for Windows is a marked improvement over past versions, not just some simple UI changes. I am very impressed with the abilities of the new version of Powerpoint and Excel and the ease-of-use behind the applications.
Both Keynote and Powerpoint have their plusses and ideally you could just smash them together and have the best of both worlds like Van Haggar once said. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, so I know there have been some posts on how to give a good hand shake, but I don’t think I have read any that talk about the fundamentals. I have broke it down in 4 steps below that pretty much should mitigate any of the major issues when trying to give a good handshake and making a lasting first impression.

1. Open your hand as if you were going in for any normal hand shake
2. Don’t close your hand until both of you have hit each others “web” between the thumb and forefinger, that’s the secret sauce (that’s what the photo is trying to focus on)
3. Once you hit that area close your hand and give a firm squeeze for about a 1.5 seconds
4. Release

That’s it. Now go out and practice.