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Carat Needs a New CPO
Layoffs are never good news. Having the "talk" with your manager is not exactly what you want to do when you walk into your office. But nothing can compare to knowing about your layoff before the official announcement. I'm not even talking about gossips, rumors and crap from Valleywag here. What if you read the exact layoff memo that was meant for management only - and it was leaked directly from the Chief People Officer's [+]2008 Bloggers Choice Awards - Vote For TavernCast
Taverncast started out 3 years ago as a podcast focusing on beer drinking and World of Warcraft. It was really a group of close friends getting together, drinking a few good brews, making smart ass comments and playing this online game. Oh yea, and working of course. Eventually, the interest for World of Warcraft faded and podcasting about the game became less relevant. It turns out that the podcast could talk about any topic and fans [+]My First Earthquake in Los Angeles
So here we have it folks - about 1 hour ago while I was in the middle of an uber SEO meeting with my team, cranking out shiznit and figuring out secret sauces, the room we were in started shaking a little. Of course, I thought someone was running down the hall - they do that sometimes! I swear :) Keep in mind, I'm from Michigan and have only lived in LA last year since I [+]Cheap Clothes Retailer Under Attack
Before I start on what I intended to, I just noticed that Northwest Airlines (NWA) is taking another beating and plans to lay off another 2,500 jobs. More bad news ahead...read on. Cheap is Good When it comes the retail business, Steve and Barry's got it nailed years ago by offering what appeared to be fair quality clothing under $10.00. Walk into any Steve and Barry's and you will see a wide display of denim jeans, t-shirts, [+]A Moment of Silence for My Mustang
It is always painful to bring up the past... It's been over 2 years now but I still miss my 40th anniversary Mustang when I was living in Michigan. I owned the car since 2004 and parted with it in March of 2006 when someone decided it was time to set the Mustang on fire. I've never seen a car go up in flames this close before, but that faithful night, not only did I get to [+]TDI in practice
I recently finished the 4 Hour Work Week book by Timothy Ferris and thought I will put my readings to practice - and see if it will work for me. I'm definitely not working 4 hours per week, yet, but the other idea that caught my attention was coming up with a Total Daily Income schedule as a measurement of how close one gets to something "nice." Last Friday I spent wrote a post about a [+]Bad Investing Linkbait
The Bad I think Mr. Freedland has had enough things said about him here and here over the past week. You see comments like Wow, the writer suffered an 8% short term loss and panicked ..What courage, what conviction,This guy actually has readers and listeners ? They must be deaf and dumb mutes.. and Robert, I know where you're coming from with the 8% and out. That rule, which is your rule for yourself only, should have exceptions like everything [+]Recession Survival Skills
Let's face it - the economy is not getting any better anytime soon. The numbers are written on the wall. Signs are all over. The stimulus check program, while not a miserable failure, didn't exactly prove to boost anything. Families who received this extra $1,000 to $2,000 probably used it to pay for gas, rent and put food on the table. I don't think they will be thinking about a flat screen TV, Xbox 360s [+]