In the category of “you learn something new every day” is this post by Daniel Ikenson, at the Cato institute blog, about the General Motors Jobs Bank.
Rather than allow GM to layoff workers when conditions warranted, the UAW had GM assign workers to the Jobs Bank, where they were paid almost full wages and benefits [...]
I hardly believe it myself. I’m actually feeling anticipation, actually looking forward to the new Star Trek movie. Ever since I saw this exclusive photo of the new film’s Enterprise.
But I’m also wary, with some trepidation, because the story is supposed to return back to the beginning, with a young Captain Kirk (played by Chris [...]
Just catching up on my TV viewing, and I want to know…
What’s with all the sex on Private Practice?
OMG! Is it going to turn into another Grey’s Anatomy?!
Here’s a better question: Why aren’t there any nighttime TV dramas about computer programmers? Is it because software developers don’t have ethical conflicts?
-TimK
I’m switching to a format with more, shorter blog posts. I’ll still post longer posts once in a while. But I want to try doing more posts that are too big to post on Twitter, but too short for a full article.
Also expect changes to the layout of website in the coming month.
I don’t want to become a Twitter junkie. But I figured it’s time I try it. The only problem is, I don’t have anyone to Twitter with! So if you want to follow me on Twitter, here’s my profile:
http://twitter.com/jtimothyking
-TimK
There’s an object lesson in this. Bear with me, and I’ll explain.
First of all, I’ve been looking forward to this for a week, ever since I noticed that it was going to be on TV. As you may recall, I’m a huge fan of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s work. Well, Amy got started in her career by [...]
When Pam Slim posted a link to a summer reading list of small business books then said, “I will not buy one more book until I make it through the stack on the edge of my bathtub,” that rang true for me. Happiness is a cup of Earl Grey, a book, and a bath.
As you [...]
While looking for something completely different, I accidentally ran across this short animation by Liam Kemp, called “This Wonderful Life.” The animation is a little sketchy, but the artwork is breathtaking, as is the story. You can watch the whole animation on-line at cgchannel, as well as read an interview with the artist Liam Kemp.
At [...]
This week’s LinkedinBloggers Blog Boost: Laura Ricci’s “Winning Ideas” blog. Interesting recent posts include “How to Prevent Burnout”, “Professional Bloggers”, and “The Ways We Sabotage Proposals (And Other Projects)”. This last begins with a quote: “When you have been working more than 15 hours on the same project, you have the same mental impairment as [...]
Kathy Sierra has another great post, this time on lies managers tell. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I’ll say these are ten things managers honestly and truly wished they believed. They probably even themselves think they believe these things. They say them because they know these things really are [...]