Rant: I Am Not a Cat Herder
It’s a no-brainer. It’ll happen. If I were the betting kind I’d lay good money on it. Any time I’m mingling at some social event (cocktail party, BBQ, confer...
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Technical Job Postings: Know Your Audience
Spotted in a job posting for a technical position:
Book Review: “Process Improvement Essentials” by James R. Persse, PhD
tl;dr: A well-written book I’d recommend to all in the IT field who have any interest in working smarter rather than harder to bring their projects ...
At Risk: An Online Service is Sometimes Neither Online Nor Serviceable
The down side of relying upon all these online services is that, well, they’re online services [1]. The sad truth of the internet is that these things disapp...
Online Services I Find Worth Paying For
While I appreciate getting something for free [1] as much as the next person, I’m also very willing to shell out cash for online services which I find both u...
It’s Called Marketing for a Reason
Let’s do a little experiment. The next time you’re in a room full of techies, say something along the lines of, “Hey, how about that marketing department, eh...
Rethinking Education Requirements in Tech Job Postings
A few days ago I posted this tweet:
Email Overload? Reclaim Your Inbox, Don’t Banish It
I recently read two articles while riding the bus[1]. The first one was in Forbes Magazine. Thierry Breton, the CEO of Atos Global, has decreed that since he...
Take The Red Pill: 8 non-programming books you should probably read
As techies we tend to suffer from a fair bit of professional tunnel vision. Like Neo, often all we see is the code. However there’s an entire world on the ot...