Archive > August 2007

Dude, where’s Mars?

So Sunday night, I’m all psyched up - Mars is supposed to be the closest to Earth that it’s ever been. At 12:30a.m Monday morning, I run out onto my balcony, where it’s supposed to be right next to the moon and I see…the moon. How disappointing.
Then yesterday I learn from the good folks [...]

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Employers: Trust your employees!

So I’m probably in for a talking to at my night job…
Yesterday the Ottawa Citizen ran a piece on call centres (I’m quoted in it about the horrid nature of the work) but more interesting was this companion piece on employee turn-over.
The article cites a study that claims turn-over rates at companies are directly linked [...]

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Wow, I need to write more

One of the rules of blog writing is to never write posts apologizing for not posting more often…therefore…I make no apologies.
However, since I’ve recently scored myself a regular gig writing about blogging, I suppose I should make an effort to do some myself. As they say, “write what you know.”

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