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Robert McKeon Aloe

Decisions by Consensus

Growing up, I had this notion that I wanted to be #1. I wanted to be responsible for making all the good decisions. I didn’t want any of the responsibility for the bad decisions though. This idea followed me into the work place at least when it came to my field. At the time I graduated…

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Ode to Espresso: A Journey into the Cup

Growing up, my family didn’t drink espresso. They would drink drip coffee but of the Folgers quality. To them, it was strictly a transport vehicle for caffeine. I didn’t particularly like coffee, but my love for espresso grew gradually while living in Paris.

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Networking is Time and Patience

Don’t start off asking for a job. It leads to a clearly shallow relationship of being able to get you something for essentially nothing. If the person can’t help you, then they don’t have any lasting connection to you. Networking isn’t about what someone can do for you…

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Interviewing Tips

After being on both ends of the interviewing process, I feel like I’ve had a lot of clarity on what works well. I’ve been…

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Getting Naked: Making My Portafilter Bottomless

Two years ago, I got my first bottomless portafilter for my Kim Express. I was aiming to get a better insight into how to improve my shot, but I didn’t realize I would see an immediate improvement. My skill didn’t change immediately, only the…

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The Duality of Good Culture and Good Management

When I became a manager, I felt uncertain about how to manage, and my manager told me he would let me figure it out. After six months, I started to develop a plan, after some training, to build a culture for my team. My team was only 3 people at…

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Dissertation Regret

My experience was one that contained some regrets, and as I’ve talked to other Ph.D.’s, there is always something they regretted in their degree. No matter how many papers were published, no matter the citations, no matter the results, they could have done something better. Honestly, I felt…

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An Adventure in Olive Picking and Curing

Three years ago, while at the farmer’s market, my wife saw something unusual: uncured olives. We had never seen them at the farmer’s market before or since, and her buying them kicked off a chain of events that brings us to today where we have 14 lbs of cured…

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Lion Gold Roast: Espresso Review

A friend recently brought me a bag of Lion Gold Roast from Hawaii. So I figured I would try it out…

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Sports without the Emotional Hangover

From the start, watching sports was about the emotion. It was exciting to win or to lose…

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