After a long, interrupted day at the office of phone calls and emails due to our mass mail blunder today, I decided that I was due for a late night michelada (for our non-drinkers: i.e. a Dos Equis Beer with tomato juice, a lime, and a salted rim). This week…
High Tech Mess
As a tech company, we’re supposed to “mind our Ps and Qs” among all things technical. (As a tangent, the term “Ps and Qs” refers to both diligence in your work or minding one’s manners. With roots in the old Brittish pubs and referring to “pints and quarts”, the term was used when too…
Managers, Leaders, and Bosses
I won’t allow my coworkers to refer to me as “my boss.” I can’t stand the term. The word “bossy,” from which boss is derived, is defined in Merriam-Webster as “inclined to domineer” and synonymous with “dictatorial.” That I am not! On Thursday evening, I met a few friends for…
Who’s Next?
January, my 3 year anniversay with TDS. We currently have 2 positions available to join our Austin team — a graphic artist and an applications programmer. As a team, we have been doing a lot of brainstorming on our “ideal” candidates (too much during work time which I have been…