Saturday, July 30, 2011

Selfish, Productive, Honest, Sign Me Up

http://nullisnull.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-work-with-me.html
In March 2005, a photocopy was handed to me in preparation for work with one of the top wigs. It enumerated the rules necessary to avoid conflict and ensure efficient communication between me and someone who doesn't have time for bullshit.
I love this in list in theory.

The successful execution of said list would indicate a true master. The unsuccessful execution would indicate a narcissist, egomaniac or idiot. Though an idiot probably couldn't put the list together in the first place.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Job We Never Had at Google

A Google a Day:

http://agoogleaday.com/

I don't like Google's solution to today's April 12 question. But it's really just due to the ambiguity of the question itself.

My standard for top performance search answering:

- single set of search terms
- answer comes up on 1st page search results
- answer can clearly be read from the search preview, without clicking through to a website

I'd only rate myself a B on this question. It took two sets of search terms for me to find the answer. Better than Google's 3 though.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Semi-Annual and/or Sporadic Thoughts on Daylight Savings

My favorite holiday!

  • This is the first daylight savings since I bought a new atomic clock for the kitchen. I wanted to stay up and watch it set itself, but forgot and went to bed 15 minutes before it should have happened :(
  • When our office manager sent out a "spring forward" reminder on Friday, I was tempted to hit reply all and give one of my classic "standard time" rants. But I didn't...
  • Someecards.com seems to be an appropriate outlet for that sort of thing: