“Software products and services simply haven’t yet been ideal for improving communication patterns.” The part cynic in means says, “Hell ya!” however the pragmatist in me kind of wonders what they are smoking. I guess the word ideal gives them a whole hell a lot of room to wiggle but seriously, “What?” I could just … Read More “Burton Say’s what?” »
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“Software products and services simply haven’t yet been ideal for improving communication patterns.” The part cynic in means says, “Hell ya!” however the pragmatist in me kind of wonders what they are smoking. I guess the word ideal gives them a whole hell a lot of room to wiggle but seriously, “What?” I could just … Read More “Burton Say’s what?” »
I was in a meeting today discussing the moral of a certain company and management treatment of employees. I said, “They are burning through the people quicker than the Spanish inquisition.” In other news Google was rated the best place to work in the U.S.A. I heard the only thing they burn there is the free … Read More “Was it something I said?” »
Management: “I just returned from the offsite…†Me: “Oh. You were gone?†Management: “…We’ve decided to replace our old process with a new process…†Me: “We had a process?†Management:  The new process is C&M. Here is an example, learn it!†Me: “This is Fig-Newton wrapper with a circle and three lines drawn across it†… Read More “X-Gen Office: Process'n Blues” »
Management: “I just returned from the offsite…” Me: “Oh. You were gone?” Management: “…We’ve decided to replace our old process with a new process…” Me: “We had a process?” Management: ”…The new process is C&M. Here is an example, learn it!” Me: “This is Fig-Newton wrapper with a circle and three lines drawn across it” … Read More “X-Gen Office: Process’n Blues” »
Management: “I just returned from the offsite…” Me: “Oh. You were gone?” Management: “…We’ve decided to replace our old process with a new process…” Me: “We had a process?” Management: ”…The new process is C&M. Here is an example, learn it!” Me: “This is Fig-Newton wrapper with a circle and three lines drawn across it” … Read More “X-Gen Office: Process’n Blues” »
I have become in subtle ways dyspeptic about modern health care systems. I am bothered by the inordinate amount of capital concentrated towards the advancement of near real time health information for trivial health issues. It is contrarian I know to espouse a position in a culture that grew up on snake oil remedies and … Read More “Healthcare Trivialities” »
According to Google I am the definitive resource for information regarding womesn’s role in caveman society. According to MSN I am the definitive resource for information regarding Regina, Canada and boys (creepy). Well according to me Google and MSN are freaking wrong! But that is really not the point of this post. Google is a … Read More “According to Google” »
I work in the information technology division of a very large organization. My job is to help react to business objectives by providing guidance and direction for technology that enables the business. And therein lies a crucial problem. I work for information technology not for the business. It is not that IT is such a … Read More “Technology Civil War” »
Two of my passions are games and health care. I’ve always perceived both being mutually exclusive until a few years ago. It dawned on me like a retarded epiphany that these things are not mutually exclusive and should be together. I started whining at work about how we should investigate the potential of using … Read More “Games for Health” »