We had a team meeting today, and I was excited about the prospect of showing off our group's latest achievements to my manager.  Last night was a big milestone, and this morning we had both of the devices at the meeting and were ready to go.  So my manager has one device, my co-worker the other.  We ask him to start the server application so we can ( Read more... )

I'm not what most people would consider a "mellow" person, but I do have decent self-control and my flare ups of frustration tend to be short lived.  However, today, for the first time in at least several months, I find myself brooding in my irritation ( Read more... )

One of the programs where I work is behind schedule and over budget, and people are starting to leave that program's team because a lot more is being asked of them than would be for other programs.  The loss of these team members threatens to put the program even further into the red, and the program manager sent out an email in an attempt to " ( Read more... )

"It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master ( Read more... )

Today is Tax Day for those of us in the U.S., the date by which every taxpayer is supposed to have calculated how much additional money they owe the government or how much money the government has already taken and what portion will be returned ( Read more... )