Tag: job

• 30 Sep 2009 — Best Practice: Keeping an Electronic Notebook

  My electronic notebook saved me today. I had a technical problem here at work, involving some old internal software. I vaguely remember using this software, but instead of rummaging through old e-mails or polling my…

• 09 Jul 2009 — The Slog

  A co-worker asked me how my current project was going, and I said it was a slog . He apparently hadn't heard of this word, but a few days later he asked me how the slog was going. I had to smile.

• 31 May 2009 — Travel Tips for Consultants And Other Road Warriors

  I am headed "on the road" soon. Part of my job involves doing "onsite client work". This means I do installations, configurations, development, even training. It's part of the typical technical consultant's life…

• 28 Feb 2009 — The Soul of a New Machine

  At the booksale room at my local library, I saw a copy of The Soul of A New Machine . Without a doubt, it's my favorite book about the work that I do.

• 23 Jan 2009 — Professional Attention

  When you work as a computer professional, you will inevitably hear your share of corporate phrases and workplace lingo. You know what I'm talking about. Things like "let's take that off-line", and "let's drill down"…