Part 1: Malignant Managers Having worked for about a dozen organizations in my 40-year tech career, I’ve experienced a wide range of colleagues and bosses. Some were fantastic, and some still remain friends. Others… not so much. You might also like: VMworld 2018 (Some of) What I did at TVBLOB Remote work: The real estate… Continue reading Toxic Bosses I Have Known
My Experience with University of Texas Police
As y’all may have noticed, students all over the US are protesting the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The protest has now arrived at my own alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin. The University police and Texas state troopers arrived in force to arrest them. I had my own encounter with the UT police… Continue reading My Experience with University of Texas Police
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Back in the 70s, there seems to have been a genre of songs, both pop and disco, which featured endlessly repeated inane lyrics. Somehow they were popular, perhaps because they were so easily learned by international audiences. One such, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, was a big enough hit to get all the way to Thailand… Continue reading Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Yet Another “Reason” to Return to the Office
The Australian Financial Review, like its US counterpart the Wall Street Journal, tends to take the side of unfettered capitalism in every matter. Last week they published an opinion piece by Nick Coatsworth (“Nine’s Network Medical Expert and is completing a doctoral thesis on the first seventy days of Australia’s COVID 19 crisis response. He… Continue reading Yet Another “Reason” to Return to the Office
School Uniforms
All schools in Australia, public and private, require students to wear uniforms. For boys, this is a collared shirt in white or a light color with the school crest embroidered on the chest, worn with trousers or shorts in the school colors or gray. Socks are white or gray, or white banded with the school… Continue reading School Uniforms