In Blood & Spirit

I recently ran across this advertisement for a job with the description of minimum requirements. HR and recruiting hacks and managers who don’t understand what their technical employees actually do are at it again asking for qualifications that cannot exist. The are using buzz words they don’t understand and encouraging dishonesty in the hiring process. [...]

The Cactus has been saved by accepting the proposal from KUT to manage the cafe. Some are disappointed that a self-operating model was not accepted and some don’t like KUT and Stewart Vanderwilt, but in the spirit of the glass half full, I do believe that there are some great things that could come from [...]

This TED talk by Yochai Benkler on the new open-source economics hits the nail on the head about the real struggle for freedom in today’s world. He shows that it is a struggle between the exiting industrial/information model that is running in the world today and the new social production model that is represented by [...]

I’m listening to the radio this morning in fresh sheets after a good nights sleep before getting up. Nothing better. A mysterious melange of good things (good at least to me) including a story on the financial crisis, a vignette on cheese (washed rind stinky cheeses – nothing better) and a story on vegan soul [...]

For a lot of computer users and sole proprietors, the year end or the new year means a slower pace for a while. This makes it the ideal time to catch up on a few critical tasks that we all often put off. The New Year is often a perfect time to take a deep [...]

For a lot of computer users and sole proprietors, the year end or the new year means a slower pace for a while. This makes it the ideal time to catch up on a few critical tasks that we all often put off. The New Year is often a perfect time to take a deep [...]

For a lot of computer users and sole proprietors, the year end or the new year means a slower pace for a while. This makes it the ideal time to catch up on a few critical tasks that we all often put off. The New Year is often a perfect time to take a deep [...]

For a lot of computer users and sole proprietors, the year end or the new year means a slower pace for a while. This makes it the ideal time to catch up on a few critical tasks that we all often put off. The New Year is often a perfect time to take a deep [...]

Any of my Blog readers who know me personally probably know that I was employed by a leading SPM (Sales Performance Management) software vendor for three years up to my layoff last July. SPM used to be called EIM (Enterprise Incentive Management) before Gartner redefined the segment with an SPM Magic Quadrant chart a few [...]