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October 30, 2006

No I don't wanna do that

I got into an interesting conversation with somebody over the weekend. He was also an IT person, and had been a contractor for many years. I wonder how many other people are out there who feel the same way he...

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October 19, 2006

Scaling Back: What Do You Need For A Small IT Shop?

Over the last few months, while not working on batBack (my social bookmarking invention), I've been helping a couple friends of mine with their consulting business in Virginia. This is kind of "coming home" for me, as I haven't worked...

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Don't Say I Didn't Warn You

One of the "Futuristic Warning Signs" on a site I viewed today...

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October 18, 2006

Signs You Have Too Much Process

I'm a simple man. I used to program a lot (and still do), but then I got into project management, program management, and finally, teaching process to large organizations and inventing. Along the way, I've been beaten up many,...

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October 15, 2006

Philosophy of Religion

I just finished a tape series entitled "Philosophy of Religion" by Professor James Hall and the Teaching Company. It's part of my goal to pick up college-level courses I might have missed during some of my free time during the...

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October 8, 2006

Conclusions I've reached

Over the past several years, I've reached a few conclusions. Some of these you might not like, but here they are: Stephen King was a better writer when he was an active junkie - there's something about chemical addiction --...

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