This morning in the weekly management meeting we were treated to a demonstration of software that supposedly reduced the time to complete a task from 40 hours to mere minutes. This I had to see.

The task involved splitting out one giant pdf file into individual files based on certain criteria. ...

It's coming if it's not here already. People are going to be asking you if you got "the vaccine," which we all know refers to the COVID vaccine. 

At the moment, you can still get by with some excuses:

"No, I have been having a hard time getting an appointment.""I'm letting all...

I had another interview today with a candidate who is applying for the role of Business Configuration Manager that I currently hold as a consultant.

Interviews have their limitations, and phone interviews in particular are limited in what we're able to glean from the candidates. Without body language, we can...

Last week, I faced a situation no manager wants to face--the dreaded "no-call, no-show." 

I have a team member whose last sign-on to the system was on Monday, 3/15. I did not discover that he was absent until Wednesday, 3/17 when he missed our weekly 1-1. He did not respond to...

Supposedly the state of Missouri has no official nickname yet the phrase "Show Me State" appears on its license plates. That sounds official enough to me. I don't know what Missourians actually want to be shown, but sometimes you just want to be shown everything.

There is a simple way to...

In case you missed A Job History Part 3

I popped the hood and saw the issue immediately. The fan was broken and sitting against the radiator. After working at a gas station/repair shop for several years in high school, I had absorbed enough car knowledge to know that my water...

Chapter 8: Party HacksMixing alcohol with Diet Coke will get you drunker than if you mix it with regular Coke.Four words to get free alcohol at a party: "I've never been drunk."If you suspect someone's checking you out, yawn. If they yawn back, they were. Yawning is visually contagious.Sprinkle salt...

This week I watched The Last Blockbuster on Netflix. It was a great trip down memory lane. Blockbuster opened its first store in Dallas, TX in 1985. At that time, you could go to a movie theater and see a movie for less than $5, but a videocassette of the...

I'm not Irish, so I don't have a vested interest in celebrating St. Patrick's Day. I've had my share of green beer and Guinness, but all that is a young person's game.

Aside 1 - Back when we used to work in offices, on St. Patrick's Day if someone asked...

Courtesy of @brianball, this month I have been diving into Twitter to learn about the platform and how to use it. This activity was supposed to be part of some cohort, but it seems to be more of an independent study. That's fine as I was never a fan of...