A while back, Fast Company published Keith Hammonds’ Why We Hate HR. Like myself, I’m sure you have some remarkable ‘Everything was going great, then HR…’ stories. Whether it’s ridiculous, time-wasting hoops (asking candidates to complete an application even though you have their resume) or just not doing a simple Google search on a candidate …
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Cold and Snappish Sounds Refreshing
Newsweek’s How Bush Blew it is only the latest report that Bush’s public distant, giggly, good-buddy facade covers a cold, distant, shoot-the-messenger defensiveness. Makes me wonder what it would take to get one of these rumored tirades recorded and distributed around the internets. Watching the authentic, backstage Bush go off, unprotected by co-dependent Telephone Sanitizers, …
What I Read in the Sunday Paper – Sept 11, 2005
I started ignoring the Star Tribune’s OpEx section almost immediately after we signed up for the Sunday home delivery. I was expecting well thought through logical arguments rather than the ‘look-a-shiny-thing-that-supports-my-position’ ignorance so popular on television “news”. But, like I said, I don’t read it. Today, I started reading the headline. Half way into the …
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A Suggestion for Shareware-ing TV and Movies
I’ve got a handful of password-protected PDF files. I can share those files with anyone, back them up on as many computers or discs as I’d like. If I want to actually read them, I need the password. The password cost me a $10 or $50 or what have you. I’d like to see this …
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What Podcast Really Stands for
Aside from sounding cool, “podcasting” is a combination of ‘ipod’ and ‘broadcast’ To deflect the impression that ‘podcasting’ requires an iPod (it doesn’t). Doc Searls has recommended the name stands for; “Personal Option Digital ‘casting” Others have suggested “Personal On-Demand ‘Casting” Both are fine backronyms, though I prefer CyborgName’s response:
An Evil Genius With the Personal Touch
I received my Evil Genius stuff package from Dave Slusher today. If you’re not familiar, Dave’s selling the Gentle Readers’ HiHoney and EGC t-shirts to support both his podcast and the band. This month, he’s donating $25 of the $35 to the Red Cross. How could you not support that. Opening up the package; yes, …
Hugh Laurie on KCRW’s the Treatment
Elvis Mitchell interviewing Hugh Laurie from Fox’s House – my favorite new show. It’s a great listen. I was completely taken aback by Hugh’s extremely British accent. I think that’s a mark of a fantastic actor – being able to remove yourself from the character completely. On a slightly related note, Cayenne Chris‘ voice does …
Using Firemen as PR Props
You’re a fireman volunteering to New Orleans. Instead of using your expertise to save fellow Americans and save a city, you’re stuck in a chair going through sexual harassment training. Then, the president uses you in his latest photo op. It’d be funny if it didn’t make me so so sad.
Katrina – Timeline of Events
Think Progress has a comprehensives Katrina Timeline. I thought it could use as much Google Juice as possible. Two sections are good to remember. Friday, August 26 GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA: [Office of the Governor] GULF COAST STATES REQUEST TROOP ASSISTANCE FROM PENTAGON: At a 9/1 press conference, Lt. Gen. …
George Lakoff on Katrina – Failure of Moral Values
In a nice follow up to my earlier There’s No Helping the NeoCons post, George Lakoff comments that Katrina was not only a natural disaster and federal failure, it was a complete failure of the Republican moral and political philosophy. (emphasis is Lakoff’s) “The [right-wing conservatives] central principle: Government has no useful role. The only …
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