It happens to us all – you get that annoying boss that just cannot handle letting you do the job without interruption, and insists on keeping tabs on every task he/she assigned you. The following is a list of sure ways to tell if it is time to get on the bus and leave “micromanagement world”… [...]
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How To Tell If You Are Being Micromanaged
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Employment, Management on November 8, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Management Advice
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Employment, Management on October 31, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I love nothing more than reading blogs that give out useful advice, and even more so if the author injects humor into their posts. Trizle is by no means an exception in the above statement, and I find myself amused by some of the daily posts, as well as a feeling of empowerment having gained some useful [...]
The Perfect Career?
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Employment on October 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently installed Live Writer Beta 1 on my desktop and am using it to author this post, let’s see how I like it… It seems that everyone I speak to in the the software industry is looking for the proverbial golden egg in the ideal career – working as little as possible for [...]
Earn $1M
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Netflix on October 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Netflix is offering a cool million dollars to the person who can offer the best improvement for their movie recommendation system. http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=236215>1=7701 Got any cool ideas under your hat? If so, you might be able to give up that day job…
Broadband Choices
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Broadband on August 14, 2006 | 2 Comments »
A friend of mine wrote me and asked which broadband solution she should choose to connect with her office from home. This is not the first time others have asked this question of me, so what with me experience with multiple broadband customers I felt a blog post was in order. So what broadband solution [...]
What makes a good manager?
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Management on December 27, 2005 | 4 Comments »
I had a great Christmas this year, eating, drinking and conversing with family (as I always do). This particular year, I got talking with Uncle Bob – a retired product manager from IBM – and we were conversing about what qualities make a good manager. The post feast banter was riveting, so I decided to [...]
Verizon to offer IPTV over FIOS
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Broadband on October 25, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Verizon, the provider of my phone and Internet, is soon to be offering IPTV – TV over the Internet – to those using FIOS. http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/Channels/fios/FiosTV_comingsoon.aspx Hopefully, I shall subscribe to this service as soon as it rolls out 2005/2006 and dump traditional analogue cable TV provided by Comcast. Using my computer as my DVR (currently [...]
Consumers’ Rights
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Service on September 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I read an interesting article this morning about the rights granted to US consumers when purchasing faulty goods. Did you know that you’re potentially entitled to a repair/replacement/refund if you find something doesn’t work with your purchase, up to and beyond as much as 6 months after the purchase date? If your faulty equipment is [...]
Passive Voice in Professional Documents
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Microsoft Office on September 19, 2005 | 1 Comment »
I am an experienced software engineer of many a year. I subscribe and read MSDN magazine, I also read many of the popular technical programming and design books on the shelves. In comparison, it is always an interesting change spending the day reading and updating professional documentation, written by software engineers (who do not write [...]
CMM?
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged SDLC on July 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
“Documenting the documentation process”, isn’t that CMM?
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