Archive for March, 2010
Q: Just How Much Job Waste is Acceptable?
5March 30, 2010
by jb
in Mini Moxie
This is another in my series of open ended questions. They are meant to solicit thought and opinion; so please, you are encouraged to add a comment. Whether or not any are received, I will circle back within a week to provide some sort of relevant information.
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Fran (Holm) Hogan :: And There Are No Excuses
8March 29, 2010
Our boss would walk around the room watching us, keeping everyone motivated, and on the phone. As I look back, I can only imagine what a tough job that must have been, a bunch of teenagers as employees!
One night, I wasn't having much luck so I started slacking. He saw me, of course, and came over to my little booth. He pointed at the page of numbers I had in front of me and he said, There are four sales on this page. If I knew which ones they were, I wouldn't need you. I laugh now, remembering. I still thank him for the reminder that being successful takes work and . . . that there are no excuses.
About Face
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This picture was taken on a sunny afternoon. It captures the shadow of a model ship on a window ledge. I also see in it a woman's face. I go through periods when I see faces everywhere. Trees are a great at making faces and so is old peeling paint. I ask myself Why faces?
The Show must go on
I spent the better part of my twenties in an independent theatre company. As a group we were very in tune with one another. I felt myself part of a tribe. I seem to seek out this sense of belonging although I know it cannot be conjured. The chemistry which makes a group work is as mysterious as faces which appear from nowhere. [ . . . ]
I’m a Control + F’er; Are You?
14March 25, 2010
by jb
in Mini Moxie
Moving on, I find it fairly common these days that I turn to the internet for answers. The quest for answers of course usually starts with a trip to the nearest search engine. And despite how this, that or the other site promotes itself and the quality of their results, you still must comb through those results. And while it may seem old bag for some, don't forget that ctrl + F on your keyboard will help you quickly scan information in almost any browser. It's a huge time-saver for me: find your text, scroll your eyes up or down as appropriate, and move on if what you are looking at isn't the information you seek. [ . . . ]
Moving from Blogger to WordPress . . . Well Hello WordPress
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So . . . you are thinking about moving your Blogger-hosted blog to Wordpress? Here is my advice: Don't do it.
Ok, you can do it . . . but know what you are leaving, why you are doing it, and what you are about to get into.
Say for example you are like me and you think that what you have previously posted deserves to come along; you want to move your archives. Say you have only limited resources, you are one person blogging part-time for very little or maybe no payout. Say you blog for yourself, or maybe only on the side for your business. Don't do it; I mean it. Seriously consider starting fresh. Make it a clean break . . . that is - if you have already decided for certain to wave bye-bye to Blogger. [ . . . ]
