I am planning to give my daughter my old laptop for her birthday. It's a two year old MacBook that I have completely filled up. When it's all cleaned up from my files and programs, it will be perfect for her. Her only worry is that she is so used to a Windows machine, she won't be able to use a Mac.

Three of us are working at my daughter’s house on three computers, two of us in the same room and one of us in the designated office. We are wired and wireless. We are working on different projects for different companies at the same time. One of us is in her pajamas.

Saying that I have very strong feelings about what interning can do for one's career is a gross understatement. While I can only base this on personal experience but I do think that internships and those first jobs - even the most inane that include 'Xeroxing' as a skill - are a solid foundation for a career. Living in DC for six years all of which were spent attempting to build some sort of career even if it meant enjoying hors d'oeuvres at fundraisers because they were free and free lukewarm calamari is way better than Ramen; presented me with options.

A funny thing happens when your boss' reputation proceeds him. In a sense it almost makes this person who will soon have firing potential larger than life. And it takes all the willpower in the world not to just stare opened mouth, wide eyed and say something profound like, "Dude! I know you! You came into my living room from the TEE VEE!"

I am a doodler when I’m in meetings or other situations where I will probably take notes.  (I take notes a lot.)  I find doodling helps me pay attention/concentrate.  I create borders on the page, sketch my cast of voluptuous and thin stick figures, and/or draw faces with expressions to match my feelings.  Sometimes I play tic-tac-toe – but that doesn’t work too well because I always win.  Meanwhile, I take copious notes, putting as asterisk (*) by anything I need to follow u