Ottawa freelance tech journalist
It’s done, I’ve moved this bit of rambling to my own site.
Much as I enjoy the complete integration of everything Google, I like the endless tweaking possibilities of having my own copy of the engine. Plus, I’m on my own domain now, woot!
Of course, I’m having quite the difficult time finding a theme I’m happy with, especially among the thousands out there…course, I probably should just shut up and write instead of worrying about aesthetics.
I work part-time in a call centre and recently we were all called into a large meeting.
The topic of discussion: Facebook, that gleefully addicting social networking site.
It seemed there were some issues with people posting about work. It wasn’t that they were complaining about their job, it was that in doing so, they’d violated the non-disclosure agreement we all had to sign when we started by posting confidential client information.
I realize this younger generation (I can’t believe things change so fast now that at 24, I’m an old man complaining about the youth today) doesn’t believe in the concept of privacy, but when you get your first job in high school, make sure to ask mommy and daddy what an NDA is.
Another bit of advice about social networking sites: When you’re writing posts that can get you fired, it’s generally a bad idea to add your boss to your friends list.
Of course, I do wonder about some of the stuff people are willing to put online for the entire connected world to see. In a manner of seconds, I can be looking at co-worker’s MySpace profiles, which contain embarrassing and/or revealing photos, like a former manager whose main picture is of himself at a urinal or a female co-worker whose not wearing much in the photos on her page.
Some days I wonder how these people would feel if these pictures were posted on the company bulletin board. Would it be embarrassing? I sincerely hope not, because the Internet is that, but a whole lot bigger.
While the weather is beautiful, it is affecting my ability to get anything done. Glare! The harsh glare!
On my desktop’s monitor, it’s just annoying, having the half the screen slightly obscured by the day sphere’s rays, but then switch to laptop, oh man. Flat panel LCD monitors look great, until sunlight hits them and they just seem to black out.
Fed up, I went to the kitchen to grab the tried, true and somewhat paranoid solution: tin foil!
Covered up the windows near my desk, all those pesky rays are now being reflected right back out, along with satellites that might be trying to spy on me…
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not after you…
While I’ve long supported Tim Hortons “no debit card” policy, it certainly has it’s drawbacks.
Waiting in line behind someone whose card won’t swipe properly when I’m already late for work and NEED coffee is irritating, but so is getting to a store and realizing I only have 50 cents in my pocket. No, I am not going to take a 20 out an ATM just for a double-double.
The problem will be solved by the summer, according to an article in the recent issue of Macleans.
Timmies will be introducing “contactless credit cards” that are swiped in front of a machine and we can get out with our coffee 10 seconds faster.
Hopefully I have enough gift certificates left to last until then.