Some interesting thoughts from Sharon Nelson regarding the use of blackberries/smartphones and remote access and how the use of these tools might affect hourly employees. This is an interesting subject for me, I carry a blackberry, and occasionally log in from remote locations, and am an hourly employee. I try to be fair about using…
Just a few thoughts, now that I’ve had some time to think about it rather than live-blogging it: 1. I’ve never been a big fan of live bogging, but I felt like I needed to really give it a shot. Doing it over the 3 days of Techshow helped me see where the value is,…
I’ve written about this a number of times in terms of working in tech support, but a conversation the other day reminded me why it’s important in every aspect of IT work. I was talking with Douglas Welch, in an interview for his podcast that’ll be released in Feb. sometime, and he asked about what…
Today I had mine, even though I switched jobs only 5 months ago. It really seemed a little silly. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the feedback on how I’m catching on to the job compared to the expectations, in terms of knowing where I should be, but it’s not really fair for someone to…
I think this might be among the slowest weeks I’ve ever had on this blog. I’ve been on vacation in the past and posted more than I have this week! There’s actually been a very good reason for it. I’m having to re-think the entire purpose of this blog, and how many different things I…
Interesting observation day. I had a bunch of errands to run today, mostly involved with ordering stuff for a holiday party my wife and I are having next weekend. I had interaction with 3 different people who I needed to get help from. All of them were extremely helpful, and nice and went out of…