I’m moving the blog today. Around noon, I’m going to pick up the directory and move it from its current home at jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog to jbwr.net/evileyebrow, a much more convenient url. I’ve never done this before; I don’t know what’s going to happen. If things seem to be squirrely for a while, that’s why. 1245 Update! …
Category Archives: Business
Washing your Keyboard
NPR Morning Edition had a story today concerning the cleansing of your computer keyboard. Most manufacturer’s recommendations that I’ve seen have involved wiping the surface down with mild disinfectant and/or using canned air to blow the crumbs/dust/hair out from between the keys (holding upside down and vigourously shaking, as is the practice by yours truly, …
Project Management Training
For four days last week I attended Project Management Training at my coporate headquarters in Laurel, Maryland (Exit 33 off of I-95, in case you care). It was pretty intensive with two full days and a half day on Wednesday and Saturday. “Yeah yeah yeah, so what?” you ask. “Who cares? That’s boring corporate crap!” …
PM Training
If you read this blog, like Tom, you might wonder why I’ve been in MD two weeks out of two. Last week I was here for a company Technology Conference. This week I’m here for Project Management Training. The training is for, obviously, project managers, and it is half procedure, half motivational seminar, half good …
Blog as Business
OhCash.com dropped into my feedreader this morning and caught my attention with this first sentence. Traffic is the single most important thing when you build a website, even more than content itself. What?! Huh?! What a minute… Of course, if you read the rest of the article, which I wrath-righteously did, you notice that the …
Big Pharmaceuticals Aren't Evil Dictators?
In a post about the current regulatory environment around medial care today, In The Pipeline is maintaining the the NYTimes seems to be adopting a conciliatory attitude toward big pharma. I have no idea. I personally find this post interesting because of the quotations he digs out of the original NY Times article. Q. Wouldn’t …
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Wal-Mart is Not Evil?
I’ve never jumped on the “Wal-Mart is Evil!” bandwagon. I agree that Wal-Mart pursues some disappointing business practices, but they are hardly the first, or only, large company to do so. They get more crap because they are so close to the consumer. But! Wal-Mart is pushing an eco-friendly way to light our communities! They …
Play Money
I heard about the book Play Money on NPR last week. The author, Julian Dibbell, is a freelance writer who as a part of investigating a story, became an online trader of Ultima Online items and currency. I was fascinated by the interview and picked up the book on Friday. I just finished it this …