Works Progress Administration April 8th, 2016 @ 7:47 am PDT
It was on this day in 1935 that Congress approved funding for President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, known as the WPA, a program designed to put unemployed Americans back to work. The WPA was run by Roosevelt’s right-hand man, Harry Hopkins, a former social worker and public health administrator. Hopkins was a firm believer […]
On Work September 18th, 2014 @ 5:31 am PDT
“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.” Beryl Markham
On Hard Work April 8th, 2014 @ 7:14 pm PDT
“I like good company, but I like hard work still better.” Camille Saint-Saëns
On My Career … March 11th, 2014 @ 9:50 pm PDT
My 3 ½ year old son was asked at school to say what his dad did at work all day. His answer? “He works around and sings.”
#FridayFive: Teenage Wasteland January 24th, 2014 @ 7:49 am PST
Read the Friday Five …Evidence Based Scheduling November 14th, 2013 @ 5:44 am PST
Software Development October 17th, 2013 @ 12:41 am PDT
#FridayFive: Things I Thought I’d Be When I Grew Up August 23rd, 2013 @ 8:23 am PDT
Read the Friday Five …Office Quotes January 3rd, 2013 @ 10:28 am PST
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.
Dangerous Mistakes January 11th, 2010 @ 8:00 am PST
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 […]