Employees, Where Art Thou? I’ve seen a few variations on this theme recently. The bottom line seems to be that it’s not the end of the world, but expect employers to be a bit more picky, and don’t expect the same kind of perks that some companies were doling out a few years ago.
Author: Andrew Huey
Stan Lee
Stan Lee interview at the Onion. Gotta love The Man. There’s a nice page about him at Salon, too.
PC Expo
If you’re going to PC Expo, take a look at ZD Net’s coverage. I’ve been going every year for the last five years or so. It’s generally worthwhile, if you’re close to NY.
On another subject completely, check out Desperate Times. This is a fairly humorous comic by Chris Eliopoulos.
relaxing
Spent most of the evening listening to WXPN and reading the New York Times. Very relaxing.
layoffs
We had to lay off a couple of people in my department today. It wasn’t my responsiblity to make the decision, or to deliver the bad news, thankfully. Still, I’d rather it hadn’t happened, and I wish there was something I could do about it. Check out this Bob Lewis column from InfoWorld for a couple of thoughts on being downsized.
DDoS
Worried about DDoS attacks yet?
Mike Lin
Does it ever bother you when a 17-year old seems to know more about programming that you do? And you’re 34? (Actually, it doesn’t bother me much, and he seems like a nice guy, so it’s cool. He’s written some neat stuff, too!)
a general update
Aside from adding the blog, I also updated my links page today, and played around with the page formatting a bit.
I recommend you check out Scott McCloud’s I Can’t Stop Thinking #6. It’s a pretty cool take on the whole Napster thing.
First Post
This is the first post in my blog.