Lifehacker pointed to a list of the 20 signs that a pink-slip could be coming your way found at the Wise Bread blog. I enjoyed reading through the list and found the following signs most interesting: #7 - Do you now have less responsibility than the intern? - I've worked at a few places where the intern did a lot but others where all she did was answers phones. #8 – Has your office, … [Read more...]

Unlike most Saturday mornings, Kim and I got up early, tossed clothes on the kids and drove to a little breakfast joint in downtown Auburn called The Sun Break Cafe. As we'd been warned it was packed full of patrons. The cafe is really just a small bakery attached to an even smaller room, dotted with tables. As we stood in line I noticed the following signs posted on the wall for all employees to … [Read more...]

I tried to login to Fidelity's 401k.com website yesterday to setup my plan contributions. The site said I already had an account on their system and I'd need to speak with a customer support person before gaining access. The page that told me this didn't link to the contact page, include a phone number, email address or provide any help whatsoever. It was clear from the start that although they … [Read more...]

I probably didn't need yet another reminder of how valuable Google has become but I got one this week. I've been having a problem with the CD ROM drive on my kids computer. It would work right after a clean boot up, but would crap out shortly after. I tried troubleshooting the drive as best I could by checking to see if I had a conflict under device manager and making sure that Windows … [Read more...]

Giving myself 15 minutes every morning can make the difference between having a good or bad day. I used to figure out exactly how much time I needed each morning to get showed, grab a quick breakfast and be out the door to work giving me just enough time to catch the train. Most days things were OK. But even a small problem like having to iron a shirt or lost keys would slow me down enough that my … [Read more...]

I start a new job tomorrow. Actually it's an old job in a way since I'm going back to work for a company and position I left in 2004. I'm sure many faces have changed but the job is essentially the same, only now with a few more people on staff. This weekend I thought about how hard companies work to attract talent. Yet once they have the talent in house, they let off the accelerator and coast … [Read more...]

I know it's not a fair comparison because Wordpress was created a smallish group of young developers while Microsoft tossed an army of developers at Vista, not to mentioned a multi-million dollar ad campaign. But I don't care. Here we go! Wordpress is easy to install. Vista requires a ton of patience, many driver downloads and a speedy machine before you can do much of anything. … [Read more...]

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