Category: Ablog

Staffing Companies–What Will They Think of Next?

Originally posted 2006-06-14 14:00:56 As someone who manages a growing team of people, I often have positions to fill. To assist with finding excellent, highly-qualified, motivated, high-energy people, I work with several staffing firms....

My MacBook Pro Saga

Originally posted 2007-09-13 17:48:17 I bought my first Mac in 2004: an iBook G4. Before then, I called Macs

Running on a Mac

Originally posted 2005-03-31 20:30:10 I’ve had my iBook, which introduced me to both Macs and Mac OS X, for almost a year now. When I first got it, I struggled to find software for...

JavaOne, DayZero

Originally posted 2005-06-27 14:37:18 The conference kicked off this morning, but I’m still at cruising altitude. After arriving at the airport Sunday evening about an hour and a half before my flight, I slumped...

I Should Have Brought My Mac

Originally posted 2006-02-14 05:12:48 My work-issued laptop is a Dell Latitude D610 with a 2.1 GHz Pentium M processor, 2 GB RAM, and a 60 GB hard drive. It runs Windows XP Professional. It’s...

Social Browsing for the Creative Class

Originally posted 2006-06-17 12:48:19 I just came across Flock — The web browser for you and your friends. It’s a web browser based on Firefox for Mac OS X only, and it’s in beta....

My MacBook Pro Saga Completed

Originally posted 2007-09-28 19:03:53 Apple fixed my MacBook Pro for free. They replaced the surface of the laptop–the part that surrounds the keyboard. No more random reboots. The IT guy from work temporarily misplaced...

Surviving Meetings: The Limerick Challenge

Originally posted 2010-03-23 16:24:39 An unknown author penned a self-describing limerick (meta-limerick?) that perhaps represents the pinnacle of its genre: The limerick packs laughs anatomical In space that is quite economical, But the good...

Are Java People Nuts?

Originally posted 2004-07-29 13:23:48 A friend of mine who works with .NET recently expressed some interest in Java. I urged him to download and install Eclipse and give Java a whirl. A couple of...