Despite my grumpy start to the uninspired family vacation, I had a nice time at Wallowa Lake. We awoke to a dusting of snow one morning and enjoyed the wood fireplace in Pine Cone in the evenings. When it was time to head to the valley, I felt sad. However, the promise of wine lay ahead. That made leaving the mountains more palatable. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Give me wine to wash me clean from the weather-stains of care.”
Another Uninspired Vacation – Part IIIa – Walla Walla Wines
September 24th, 2006Another Uninspired Vacation – Part II – Bitey Makes Good
September 23rd, 2006My favorite thing about Wallowa Lake is the not-so-wild-life.
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How to be positive when your job is negative!
September 23rd, 2006One of the posts in the Past Favorites list on the Creating Passionate Users blog is Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain. I keep coming back to this article. In fact, I read it almost every week.
Another Uninspired Vacation – Part I – The Family Motto
September 23rd, 2006I did a crazy thing. I suggested a vacation with my father, my brother, and my in-laws! It sounded like a good idea at first, then I recalled my last combined family vacation. It involved Mom and the in-laws, fireworks, and a few angry neighbors. Let’s just say it didn’t exactly go well.
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Why are there so many bad managers?
September 22nd, 2006I really like Kathy Sierra’s post, “Success” should not mean “Management,” in the Creating Passionate Users blog. It is about how career success is measured and rewarded in companies, especially tech companies. For the most part, there is pretty much one track for advancement, and that is the management track. She draws our attention to this and proposes that companies develop alternate tracks for advancement that reward people who rock at their jobs, and encourage them to continue to rock at what they love to do.
This is why your computer doesn’t work – the inside scoop
September 12th, 2006Today the final straw was added to the one ton weight of hay piled on my dromedarian back. I’m flat on the ground, dilapidated, and I refuse to go one step further as the smelly, flea-bitten work-camel that I am.
Let me explain:
“Be Prepared” – No Longer a Motto just for Scouts
September 6th, 2006Today there is another great post on the Escape from Cubicle Nation site. In light of the recent Intel layoffs, this post gives some sound advice on how to “shore up” your finances and get together a “back-up” plan for your career so you are not entirely dependent on the one job you have now – which if you are in the software industry you will most likely lose within the next 1 to 3 years. I have three concerns, however, that this article does not address.
Amen, Sister!!
August 16th, 2006Check out this article on the Escape from Cubicle Nation website. I couldn’t have said it better, myself!
http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/get_a_life_blog/2006/05/open_letter_to_.html
Dagwood goes Downtown
August 6th, 2006One of the best things about my new job is lunch. Read the rest of this entry »
How do you recover leadership and credibility after you’ve killed morale?
August 2nd, 2006Work in a bad environment? Feeling blue about your job? Stressful layoffs, reorgs, and company politics getting you down? That’s ok — have a snack on the company — free junk-food (laced with anti-depressants) will make all your worries go away. Any company willing to invest its own money in bulk junk food clearly values you, so munch away on us!
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