We are just winding down from a big conference week (HRevolution and HR Tech Conference & Expo) and we've got a ping pong table full of swag we brought back to share with everyone at the office. I've been looking at this table of swag thinking that there were only, like, four things on the entire expo floor at HR Tech that were worth keeping.

The other day, Condoleezza Rice named the Research Triangle as one of the most innovative places in America. She said that it's fueling the knowledge-based revolution in America.