Death by PowerPoint PowerPoint is a powerful and useful tool, but it is widely abused in corporations, especially internally. Most slide decks cannot contain all the details needed to truly evaluate an idea, technology, etc. – presentation slides are not intended for this use, but many people pretend that a deck can contain all you… Continue reading Toxic Corporate Behaviors
Toxic Bosses I Have Known
Part 2: Egregiously Awful Executives also see: Part 1: Malignant Managers In larger companies, I never got far enough up the corporate ladder to have much direct contact with executives, but there was plenty to be observed from lower down the chain. Empire Building Many, perhaps most, managers and execs are empire builders: their priority… Continue reading Toxic Bosses I Have Known
Toxic Bosses I Have Known
Part 1: Malignant Managers Having worked for about a dozen organizations in my 40-year tech career, I’ve experienced a wide range of colleagues and bosses. Some were fantastic, and some still remain friends. Others… not so much. You might also like: VMworld 2018 (Some of) What I did at TVBLOB Remote work: The real estate… Continue reading Toxic Bosses I Have Known
My Experience with University of Texas Police
As y’all may have noticed, students all over the US are protesting the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The protest has now arrived at my own alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin. The University police and Texas state troopers arrived in force to arrest them. I had my own encounter with the UT police… Continue reading My Experience with University of Texas Police
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Back in the 70s, there seems to have been a genre of songs, both pop and disco, which featured endlessly repeated inane lyrics. Somehow they were popular, perhaps because they were so easily learned by international audiences. One such, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, was a big enough hit to get all the way to Thailand… Continue reading Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep