Archive for October, 2006
God! If I was a telemarketer, and I had one call like this, it would be one too many!
(Link Via Geeks Are Sexy! I do agree…yes they are! )
I was telling somebody earlier today that I have a four-year-old daughter and was very, very interested watching her face when she was in her first 2 or 3 weeks of life and suddenly realising what nobody would have realised in previous ages—she was rebooting!
Thus starts this beautiful speech by Douglas Adams called Debate with [...]
This one is tagged Productivity, because that’s the one thing that will surely drop once you start playing Line Rider.
And after you’ve played for a while, take a look at this. It totally rocks!
(Link via Happy Dave)
Came across this article by Bruce Lewin on linking Financial & Cultural Values
As Bruce says, while both Cultural Values & Financial Values have a role to play in defining who/what the company is, and how it goes about achieving it’s goals, they are almost always managed differently. While the Cultural values are often explicit (or [...]
We’ve all been there, done that. But this one takes the cake:
Account manager: So I sent you that new job applicant. Have fun.
Recruiter: I just opened it up. Wow, she completely misspelled ‘Delaware State.’
Account manager: Oh, it gets worse.
Recruiter: ‘Seven years,’ with an ‘-s!’ And she spelled ‘with’ wrong!
Account manager: Yep, and she’s a detail-oriented [...]
ISO, Eyesore. Eyesore, Mysore, I-soar, I-sore, well….whatever!
I was laughing so hard I couldn’t get past page 18 of this
Eyesore 9000 takes you through the ISO 9001:2000 standard clause-by-clause, translating each dry, pasty bite into a delicious morsel of sarcasm, wit and hilarity. Interspersed with the satire and biting commentary are bits of sage implementation advice, [...]
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