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Archive for September, 2008
Door Number Three
Sep 23rd
Robert Cringely has an interesting column today @ I, Cringely. He talks about the inability of IT staff to fit in today’s corporate structure. He’s been fired from every job he’s ever had for this reason. He’s also been re-hired several times because of his value to the company. IT is the “Cousin Itt” of industry. We’re “generally useful, though dangerous”.
IT staff, no matter how good, will never be CEOs of major corporations. The one exception, John Reid of Citicorp, just proves the point, because he got fired too. Therefore IT staff are useless employees and no good at being managers.
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The shame…..
Sep 17th
I’ve tried to make sure the rugrats have a head-start when it comes to computers. #1 son has been playing with my PCs since he was 4 and has had his own PC since he was 8. Herself is inheriting a PC this year also. Pierce likes websites like howstuffworks.com and wikipedia.org but games are his thing, obviously. This isn’t such a bad thing because I’ve been known to indulge in virtual mindless violence from time to time myself.
One of our favourites is Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. It’s a strategy game set in the distant future. You build and control an More >
