There’s a guy in my office who surreptitiously records the absurd things we all say, then sends a company-wide email with his collection to ring in the new year. Here are my out-of-context comments which made the list this year, and a few of my co-workers (with their names removed): Mine: “David is a great… Read more »
Posts Tagged: work
Dangerous Mistakes
I was blessed — or cursed, I suppose, depending on your point of view — to have my first “real” programming job in the medical field. I wrote software which managed the processing of human tissue (knees, fascia lata, femurs, etc.) for implantation into human patients. I was very young and very stupid at the… Read more »
Friday Five: Time-Wasters at Work
reading RSS feeds checking my email Twitter instant messaging Metafilter
Friday Five: Worst Business Meeting Times
any time on Monday any time on Friday 1 o’clock in the afternoon 10 o’clock in the morning any time after 3 o’clock in the afternoon
Elevator Warning
Both elevators in my office include this notice: SHOULD THE ELEVATOR DOORS FAIL TO OPEN DO NOT BECOME ALARMED. THERE IS LITTLE DANGER OF RUNNING OUT OF AIR OR OF THIS ELEVATOR DROPPING UNCONTROLLABLY. PLEASE USE BUTTON MARKED “ALARM” OR TELEPHONE (IF FURNISHED) TO SUMMON AID. Here are a few of the issues I have… Read more »
The Office Musical
I just cannot understand people that don’t like The Office. Yes, I will agree that the Ricky Gervais / English / original version of the show was very well done and a grand comedic achievement. But after fifteen years I finally love NBC’s Thursday night TV again for two main reasons: The Office and the… Read more »
Web-Community Manager Job Opportunity
Looking for work in the Los Angeles area? My company, Brandissimo!, Inc., is hiring! Read on for the details …
Eloise: Los Angeles Music
There’s a woman in my office who also happens to be the lead singer of Eloise. If you happen to be in Los Angeles and you get a chance to catch a show, you really should. I haven’t been able to see them live yet, but I have several of their songs in heavy iTunes… Read more »
Frankfurter Fling (Flash Game)
In the last two years my company has published almost 100 Flash games. That, my friends, is a lot. It’s very nearly a new game every week. We have a tremendously talented group of unbelievably creative artists and some of the sharpest web developers on the planet. The games we produce are generally targeted at… Read more »
Sexual Harassment Training
Alexander McPherson, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at UC Irvine’s school of biological sciences, wrote a bitchin’ letter to the LA Times on the subject of sexual harassment training. This is a must-read for anyone that has a brain. As far as I can tell from my colleagues, it is worthless, a childish… Read more »