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Talent hunting in the counterculture

September 3, 2006 · Knowledge work

If you want to make an appointment to see Larry Page and Sergey Brin this week, you’ll have a harder time than usual doing so. The Google founders are making their annual pilgrimage to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for the Burning Man festival. Google’s known for its exacting hiring requirements…

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Consultancy or Body Shop?

August 28, 2006 · Process improvement · Knowledge work

Rob Lawrence wrote a useful field guide to help you identify whether you’re dealing with a consultancy or a body shop: What are the differences between a consultancy and a “body shop”? No matter what your role in professional services–buyer, seller, or resource–you need to be able to understand how…

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How to detect bullshit

August 24, 2006 · Knowledge work

Project management guru Scott Berkun has a useful essay on how to detect bullshit in the workplace: …[L]ies, serious lies, should not be encouraged as they destroy trust, the binding force in all relationships. One particularly troublesome kind of lie is known as Bullshit (BS). These are…

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Consider Ubuntu

August 21, 2006 · Tools and techniques

If you’re disappointed with Windows XP, scared to death of Windows Vista, and thinking about dipping your toes into the techie waters of Linux on the desktop, there’s never been a better time. The Linux operating system — a free, open-source alternative to Windows and Mac OS X — has long served to…

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Happy Birthday, IBM PC!

August 11, 2006 · Uncategorized · Tools and techniques

The IBM PC was announced to the world on 12 August 1981, helping drive a revolution in home and office computing. The PC came in three versions; the cheapest of which was a $1,565 home computer. In 2006 dollars, that’s a $3500 computer, folks. That’s enough to buy you a nicely equipped Mac Pro with…

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