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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Can I do that job?
This is a question that we have all asked ourselves at some point in our careers. I tend to be a bit too conservative when I am job hunting and prefer to under sell and over deliver. This is not … Continue reading
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Tagged employement, first jobs, job boards, job hunting, new grads
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Interesting facts about energy
The following post contains data extracted from chapter 5 of Richard A. Muller’s book “Physics for Future Presidents”. Richard A. Muller is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkley and past winner of the MacAuthur Fellowship. I … Continue reading
Making a point
One of the great things about the Internet is that it connects people of like minds. For example, if you believe that the sky is purple and you look hard enough, you will find others who believe as you do. … Continue reading
The compensation dilemma
What is the point of commenting on issues, if you always avoid the contentious ones? Today, I would like to look at an issue that has been frequently debated and will continue to be debated until the end of time. … Continue reading
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Tagged business, employers, off shore workers, salaries, unions wages
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The political condition
As Canadians we have lived through several never-endums, and many of us have opinions about what would happen if Quebec finally were able to get enough support to separate from Canada. I have pondered the situation for many years, but … Continue reading
Get to know your banker
Early in my career, my future father-in-law advised me that I should get to know my banker. At the time I didn’t really understand what he was saying but 30 years have gone by and I think I am starting … Continue reading
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Tagged business, finance, income property, leveraging credit, making money, money, net worth, real estate investment
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Cutting the cord
It’s been almost eight years since my wife and I moved into our new home. The local phone service provider was on strike at the time and we were told that we would have to wait five months to get … Continue reading
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Tagged callcentric, communication, engineering, entrepreneurship, Freeswitch, innovation, life, VoIP
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Access Control
Yesterday I talked about how upgrades were causing problems for my virtual workplace, but there are other things that can cause more serious problems. In the past, IT organizations have combated network failures by not allowing users to access network … Continue reading
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Tagged better workplaces, Business Development, communication, engineering, hardware, innovation, Management, software, tech companies
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Updates and Open Source
I don’t know if I’m the only one who is starting to develop an unnatural fear of updates, but there have been a greater number of them lately on Linux platforms. Updates by themselves are not necessarily bad unless they … Continue reading
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Tagged C++ programming, engineering, innovation, open source, software, software development, stability, updates
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