Here are some notes I wrote for a scheduling software solution back when I was working retail. I don't guess I'll actually get around to doing anything else with them, so here they are ( Read more... )

I've been noticing lately that a good percentage of the people who know (of) me don't seem to have anything to say to me beyond "Hi. How ya doin'?" ... unless they're having problems with their computers. Somehow, I've become the computer guy to a lot of people. Which is kind of funny, because I don't have as much experience with the last two or ( Read more... )

There are many large publishing houses that will look at your summary of the novel you've written and make a decision on whether to publish it, and the author can make no significant difference in whether that happens. The publishing company takes on all the risk and gives the author some percentage of the profits ( Read more... )

A while back, I made an entry about the idea of a responsible company. Recently, I was listening to a lecture Paul Zane Pilzer gave several years ago on the subject of economics. He described the process an executive from Toyota goes about hiring people to work in his U.S. car factories. He said that the usual things Americans put on their resumes ( Read more... )

Most of this has been kicking around on my hard drive for a while. Here are my ideas for a responsible company ( Read more... )

Explanations: Well, it's been a while since I updated my LJ. I've been staying busy, and I haven't been spending much time reading LiveJournals. I think I've been getting a lot done, though it doesn't really feel as though I have ( Read more... )

Explanations: If I had a billion dollars tax free, here's what I'd do:...
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