A funny thing happened on the way to graduation (my daughter’s, not mine). We got her a Nikon D50 for a graduation present, and she started taking lots of pictures. The pictures are great, the camera is great, we should be happy. Ah… I, specifically, should be happy. Not happy- exactly- because now the camera’s doing the talking (metaphorically, shall we say) and the long posts about what’s going on in the head have become leaves, and such. Therefore, I was majorly pleased to find this post, which is about work, words and CSI Las Vegas. Having been to her house, sat on the couch and tried to Continue reading “Post of praise”
Progress with eThomasGroup
A number of you have asked about progress growing our software consulting company. I have started an update page on our progress recently, in anticipation of launching a blog related to our business website after our rebranding efforts are complete. To get the latest news and prayer requests, check here.
Ha! Old School vs. New…
Sun Microsystems was around when I was in college… how long ago was that??? 🙂 Here’s an exchange between their CEO and a new hire:
Jonathan Schwartz, the pony-tailed chief executive of Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW – news – people ), got his five minutes of stage time too. He described how he had recently asked a fresh-faced new hire at Sun what he thought of the company.
“Well, it’s kind of an old-fashioned company,” the 20-something conceded.
“Old-fashioned?” fumed Schwartz. “In what way?”
“You use e-mail,” replied the younger man.
“What’s wrong with that?” demanded Schwartz.
“My parents send me e-mail,” he answered.
So uncool, so 1990s.
Oh boy… e-mail will soon be for little old ladies and old men wearing hats! (HT: Elizabeth Corcoran at Forbes.com)