Echoing my wife

I wanted to add my whole-hearted agreement with my wife’s post from this evening. Coming home tonight to discover just how awful things are, and how much of what I visited last summer is gone, really puts the stress of starting a new job in perspective, doesn’t it? It’s nice to know that I’m now…

First Day

Not only was today my first day at the new job, but it was also rollout day for a new document management system firm-wide. Yes, over 300 people had to deal with coming into the office and having to work in a different environment than the one they left Friday. That meant a whole lot…

Last day

Yup, today’s the last day of work. I start my new job on Monday morning. I’m currently working in an office with all my belongings packed up, with bare walls and bare desk space. The whole “moving out” look, definitely. There’s nothing like the feeling of killing off your own voice mailbox, your own email…

Talking Google

Did we really need another IM service? Of all the many things Google could build with all the IPO money they’ve gotten recently is this really one of the things that should be high on the list? Are they in cahoots with the makers of Trillian, who’s free version won’t work with the Jabber protocol,…