Work

Larry King and CNN

At work, we live with the torment of CNN all stinking night long because The Company has deemed this is the only thing that can be seen in the Command Center. As such, most of us “love” CNN and “love” Larry King. We don’t have any audio, but even without it, you can tell Larry King is just a tee-ball,…

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Personal Stuff

Productivity

I took last week off. I had big plans for all sorts of productive things I would do. Sadly, I didn’t do much of them. Part of the fault is that I had the most difficult time ever in rotating back to a day shift mode. Seriously, it was all I could do to stay awake during the day and…

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Work

Standardization

“As 2007 unfolds, we at The Company continue to improve our global delivery capabilities so that we will remain a premier service provider and trusted IT advisor to our clients and partners. As part of that we must improve standardization, globally. Our clients expect it, and our business needs it. Standardization and automation are key enablers of a more flexible,…

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Work

Skinny Updates

I’ve been asked what the latest is on Project Skinny, so here’s the “skinny” if you will (har!har!). For my specific team, all of the vestiges of Project Skinny are gone, except that now we do the same amount of work with a lot less people — 40% less people. ^_^; Being the skilled people we are, we obviously can…

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