John A. Grillo in the News So for no real reason, I decided to make a Google alert about myself. Why? Not because I like reading news articles about myself. Well, not just because I enjoy reading about myself in the news. I also like think of them as other […]
Personal
Hillsboro and Pokemon Go! by, John Grillo As you may have heard, a little smartphone game named Pokemon Go was released this week. Now, I’ve never been a huge fan of Pokemon. When it came out, I was in Jr. High in Hillsboro [Evergreen Jr. High, woot!] and was […]
Hillsboro and Pokemon Go!
LIFE STATS Yet another article from my attempt at automating syndication seems to have gone awry. I originally wrote this to coincide a week after the athlete and Wrestler Chyna. I’m woefully behind on articles to write, so I’m just going to throw up this thing on Life Stats and […]
JOHN GRILLO LIFE STATS
True Interview Stories: Johnny Got His Gun By, John Grillo Alright, I promised more funny interview stories. I’m letting most of mine age several months but this one happened recently and it’s a real gem. I was sitting in my home in Hillsboro, Oregon, home when I reached out […]
True Interview Stories: Johnny Got His Gun
I went to beaver bar camp the other day and held a session based on a dare to share my worst interview stories. I’ve shared many here, so I thought, why not? I’ve had many interviews and have a plethora of bad interview stories. So I decided to have a […]
Interview Questions YOU should ask THEM!
ETHICAL CONCERNS WITH DATA Wow. I got a lot of responses for the database and ethics questions and discussion posts. A lot of people asked me to expound more on those questions and what they meant. More importantly, what were the answers? Does having information inherently justify it’s use? Who […]
ETHICAL CONCERNS WITH DATA
Final Good News Jar 2015 I realized I hadn’t finished the jar by the time my birthday rolled around. Which is good, since most of those things were of a…personal nature. So I’ll share the last of the safe for work ones and would encourage others to do the […]
Final Good News Jar 2015

Good Things Jar: Part One Happy New Year, my faithful readers! Most people stop saying ‘Happy New Year,’ even in Hillsboro and Eugene, after the first few days of the month. What I can’t understand is why. Seriously, it’s not even a month old yet and these people are already […]
Good News Jar
John Grillo LinkedIn Outreach John Grillo is a very interesting name. Apparently, according to a few baby–name sites, ‘John’ is a hebrew name or something that is supposed to mean “God is Gracious, God is happy” or something. The capital ‘G’ is for the God of Abrahamic faiths, in case […]
John Grillo LinkedIn Outreach
New Updates from Hillsboro What a year. I sit in my Hillsboro home. I am proud to announce that after a year of going to work full time and doing night school, I finally have a new degree in Computer Information Systems. The good part is that if I still […]