Working from home has been the worst, and the best, part of my life these past three years. Earlier this week Yahoo told all their remote workers to find a local office or relocate. The initial explanation I found was that Yahoo had allowed the remote workers to take advantage of their situation. This was … Read more
My children had a school assignment the other day. They needed to read a passage and then determine if the sentences describe an opinion or a fact. They looked for clues in the sentences, for phrases like “I think dogs are cute” (opinion) and “cats have four paws” (fact). I think that makes them better than … Read more
Here we go again. I’ve preached about this before. I’ve tried to help. But every time I think I’ve gotten the message out I inevitably have someone send me a job description so awful I feel compelled to share it here. I want you to read the following job description (yes, it *is* a real one, … Read more
Data is sexy. Everything about data is sexy. When you see the right piece of data it will make you want to sing and dance.
I’ve always enjoyed data. It started at an early age, I just enjoyed numbers. Simple math problems led to more complex ones, but it was all just data to me at the time. Over time the data became something more. It became facts. That’s when I started to enjoy history class so much. I enjoyed … Read more
If you are reading this, then the world didn’t end. Which means that you just can’t trust the Maya. I’m not sure you can trust any culture that isn’t known to have a good bottle of wine. It also means that I survived yet another apocalypse. This marks at least ten (10) apocalypses (or is … Read more
