March 2011
3 posts
Bitsy Darling: 22 Secrets HR Won't Tell You About... →
bitsydarling:
Interesting read from Reader’s Digest. Can’t say that I agree with everything I see here…seems like a lot of these HR professionals are just angsty and aggressive.
What You Should Know About Résumés
1. “Once you’re unemployed more than six months, you’re considered pretty much unemployable….
Translation … some people in HR are incredibly superficial and should be...
Reply All: The Button Everyone Loves to Hate →
1.4M emails … makes me happy that Outlook finally added an “Ignore” (aka Mute) function per email conversation.
bitsydarling:
Look for the diagram that depicts the “Reply All Perfect Storm.” So true to corporate life.
Bitsy Darling: Consulting Idioms →
Nice list from Bitsy … I’d add a few of my own:
At the end of the day …
We need to stop throwing things over the wall to other teams …
It’s about leveraging best practice sharing
It’s time to open the kimono and really let people see what’s going on
bitsydarling:
In my years working as a consultant, I have encountered some incredible...
January 2011
2 posts
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
Contador tests positive ... but for what?
Last week saw yet another doping-related cycling controversy. This time, 3-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador [tested positive for the asthma medication Clenbuterol.][clen]
The Spaniard pointed to a cut of meat he shared with his teammates on the rest day in Pau as the source of the contamination.
However plausible this explanation is, it seems unlikely that it will cause the case...
July 2010
10 posts
Sastre Not Interested In Wait Debate |... →
Despite Sastre being outside of Tour contention, Contador attempted to prevent him attacking the peloton when Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel – Euskadi) had a nasty fall yesterday.
I think its interesting - and telling - that Contador tried to prevent Sastre from doing the exact thing that Contador did just a few days before.
And the whole show of “Schleck and I have kissed and made...
Silicon Valley: D.C. doesn't get tech - Tony Romm... →
Ya think?
iPhone 4 + Verizon + January = Boom? →
A report today in Bloomberg citing two unnamed sources claims that Verizon Wireless will be getting the iPhone in January. Yes, Verizon, iPhone, January.
My only wish is that VZW does, in fact, get the iPhone and that getting the iPhone brings VZW’s vaunted network to its knees. If for no other reason than to shut all those “Oh, Verizon! They’re so awesome!!” d-bags...
What does Kin's fate say for Windows Phone 7? |... →
Theories abound as to why Kin got the axe. It’s likely a combination of vague marketing, Microsoft’s cluelessness about today’s youth market, the lack of an app store, and high prices for the phones and a way too expensive data plan from Verizon ($30 per month). All of this inevitably led to poor sales.
You mean not understanding your customer and letting someone else apply their ridiculous...
June 2010
103 posts
AFP: Two shot dead in Texas World Cup dispute:... →
Two men were shot dead by a gunman at a party in Texas after a heated argument over an upcoming World Cup soccer match, the online edition of The Dallas Morning News said.
Leave it to Texas to fight over any and every sport out there.
Jobs on iPhone 4 antenna: "avoid holding it in... →
Jobs responded to our question this evening, in his usual terse manner. “All phones have sensitive areas,” Jobs wrote. “Just avoid holding it in this way.”
I have to say, this is dangerously close to hubris, especially for a company that is known for their excellent and user-centric design aesthetic.
Marco.org - Rambling about Verizon →
To be clear, Apple is losing ground to “Droid”, not Android. Very few people are choosing Android as a platform first, then finding the carrier that has the best Android phones. Yes, I know you chose it because you were angry with AT&T or you dislike Apple’s policies, but you’re probably a geek like me, and most normal people have absolutely no idea what Android is and wouldn’t care if you...
“If Tony Hayward wants to put a skimmer on his yacht and bring it down to the...”
– WH deputy press secretary Bill Burton, today, on BP CEO Tony Hayward’s attendance at a yacht race in Great Britain this weekend.
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BBC News - Jamaica's dream of Olympic dominoes →
A “Q”, or quarter-litre bottle of white rum, is often a key element of the event, making the job of getting the game more professional even more of an uphill battle.
Pretty soon they’re going to want other non-athletic games to be part of the Olympics … like golf.
Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil... →
“Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail,” state Sen. Robert Adley said in a statement released after last week’s unanimous vote for the day of prayer. “It is clearly time for a miracle for us.”
When is too soon to hype your product?
Controlling the story
I can’t remember where I heard this (probably on a TWIT Podcast), but someone once said that the reason Apple doesn’t announce products before they’re ready isn’t because they’re all insanely secretive control freaks, its that they don’t want to commit to a product release date before they can commit to a product release date. It might...
Stay classy, Los Angeles ...
From the World Cup in Africa
2010 World Cup - No arrests despite England dismay
No England fans were arrested after Friday’s match with Algeria, despite the 25,000-strong following being left furious at their team’s showing.
Meanwhile, right here at home
Lakers’ Big Win Sparks L.A. Rioting
At this point it’s a tradition: the Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA Championship,...
Cavendish's Rivals Out To Destroy Him,... →
“The competition wants to destroy Mark Cavendish’s Tour preparations,” Piva told sporza.be., because they are jealous of his six stage wins last year.
Or maybe they’re pissed that every time Cavendish contests a sprint he cuts people off and is always good for causing a crash.
Might Threaded Conversations Be Coming To Twitter? →
But given the direction Twitter has been going with its web product, I would be surprised if some sort of better conversation view wasn’t added to the site relatively soon.
Man, I hope so. Twitter conversations have been one of the things lacking in just about every twitter client I’ve tried. That and a decent search of my own timeline are the two biggest things I think twitter needs...
BP Uses Mercenaries to Blocks Journalists From... →
Stay classy, BP
Daring Fireball: I'll Tell You What's Fair →
I don’t care what’s out of place. I care about what’s best.
And for the people who care about good writing and not about all the detrius and crap that comes with comments, this is why we read John.
Doc Searls Weblog · How about making better... →
Each customer must log in to Wi-Fi and the Starbucks Digital Network with a unique identifier, so Starbucks won’t only know where you are, but who you are, potentially allowing for targeted messaging to offset cost further.
Big Brother is watching …
BBC News - Stopping the oil - an interactive guide →
Really well done explanation of the process so far and the plans to come.
nostrich - Oh Man, That Jim Lynch Guy →
If you’ve got it set up so bad that your readers are employing things like ad blockers and Safari’s Reader, you fucked up. You did something wrong. You overestimated how much your readers are willing to tolerate.
The best part of the whole thing? I read this article in Safari’s Reader.
iPad MiFi Conversion for Verizon | Dish Television... →
There is one major flaw with the iPad that’s been bothering me about it since day one: AT&T.
A little over my head, but this guy could make a fortune with a retrofitting business.