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Vicki Brown
"Feedback"
Posted on 2008-09-01 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Relationships
Recently, Tim Walker posted a weblog essay on how to give unsolicited feedback. My feedback on the essay provided the seed for a followup post in Tim's blog.
How do you give feedback? ...
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"Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic, by Rote"
Posted on 2008-06-20 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
If answers to your test questions can be looked up by "cheaters" on their phones, maybe they don't need to learn them? ...
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"Surprise"
Posted on 2008-05-17 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
I'm thinking about "surprise" today and what it means. ...
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"Job vs Company; I'll Take the Job"
Posted on 2008-04-29 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Career Center
When I began working for Cotheme (the Company that employs me), it was with decidedly mixed feelings. I hadn't gone looking for as job there; they found me. I wasn't in their customer demographic. I didn't use any of their products or services. The location was at the far edge of how the distance I was wiling to commute.
But, they had a position available and I needed a job. And, after all, I didn't actively dislike the Company or any of their products or services. ...
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"Leaving A Mark"
Posted on 2008-01-27 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
"The compact disc. It does not wear out, even when one uses it. That is terrible. As if one had never used it, as if one had never existed at all." ...
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"Who Owns the Data?"
Posted on 2008-01-05 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Relationships,Web/Tech
There's been a lot of discussion in the Cyberverse recently regarding Robert Scoble and Facebook. Robert lost his Facebook account (he got it back after appealing) when he violated Facebook's Terms of Use by using a program to "scrape" (download) Facebook data -- specifically, his "friends" list.
What's interesting to me is that most of the discussion doesn't surround Facebook's policy or whether they were within their rights to turn off Robert's account, even temporarily. Much of the discussion concerns whether Robert Scoble had any right to the data he was "collecting". ...
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"Tact Filters"
Posted on 2007-12-28 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Relationships
In 1996, Jeff Bigler devised his "Tact Filter" theory. I agree with most of it. But, there's one piece I don't agree with. ...
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"Re-orgs Hazardous to Teams"
Posted on 2007-12-06 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Career Center,Productivity,Relationships
On Monday, my manager said "We're having a re-org. But don't worry. it
doesn't affect anyone in my group."
She was partially correct. There is no immediate, direct, acute
effect. However, the longterm indirect effects are demoralizing. We're
losing three people from the Team. ...
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"Changing the Culture? Start with the Meeting!"
Posted on 2007-11-03 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Career Center
The Company That Employs Me has decided it needs to Change. To get the employees to understand and "internalize" the new Purpose, they're holding "Corporate Purpose, Strategy and Culture" meetings. Specifically, mandatory, 3-hour, in-person attendance meetings.
This is not a Company with a history of holding effective meetings. You could say that effective meetings are not part of the Company Culture. It seems to me, then, that a good way to start changing the Company Culture would be to start with that first meeting. ...
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"Personality Types"
Posted on 2007-10-13 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
I'm interested in the study of Personality Types ...
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"Hiding Behind the DMCA"
Posted on 2007-09-20 by 6p00d834520ebe69e2
In category: Relationships,Web/Tech
Like it or not, the Web is a medium for sharing. It's becoming increasingly difficult to say "look, but don't touch".
Personally, if one of my cats' photos showed up on icanhascheezeburger, I'd feel honored. ...
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