Author: phoneboy

When I lived in California, rain pretty much caused activities to grind to a halt. Here in the Seattle area, things generally happen rain or shine. Today was no exception as our neighborhood had our annual Easter Egg hunt in the rain and had a fairly good turnout. Even the Easter Bunny sat out in…

This has been one of the more difficult weeks I’ve had in a while. I’ve been sleeping far more than I usually do this week just due to the exhaustion I have been feeling at the end of the day. Part of it is the amount of work that I’ve been doing, part of it…

Overall, I have to say this has been a productive week in the office. I managed to get a lot done, make some positive “first impressions” on a person that has the potential to be a future boss, and received encouraging news about my future. Considering I’ve heard and seen a lot of bad news…

Today a co-worker and I had lunch with someone that offered me anopportunity that I haven’t had in quite a while: basically a new job. My day job acquired another company recently and this new group has some support positions open. The products this division supports is a bit different than my current area of…

As many of you know, my day job is with a large, multinational company. I didn’t know how things would progress whe I started in early 1999, but it has been quite an adventure that has stretched my capabilities and even my endurance. Having a family to support (hopefully) increases your constitution for dealing with…

I finally got a chance to watch the movie about the life of Johnny Cash. I personally liked the movie. Maybe I enjoy seeing a bit of the “reality” of a famous person, which isn’t always pretty. I also didn’t mind the music either, which this movie had a lot of. I don’t usually listen…

Up until a few years ago, there was this huge hole in my memory. There was this Nike commercial on that played a very familiar sounding song. It has two heads saying B, OING, BOING over and over. I knew that looked very familiar, but damn it I couldn’t remember what show even though it…

This evening, I was looking around on my hard drive for things to cleanout. A while ago, I had downloaded video of the four songs Pink Floyd played at the Live 8 concert in London. And when I say Pink Floyd, I mean Pink Floyd with Roger Waters too! Watching that video reminded me of…

A co-worker in my team was handed a layoff notice this past week. Considering the layoffs I have seen there over the years, this is one is as close as it’s come home in several years. There were plenty of signs this was going to happen if you add them up, but then again hindsight…

Having just spent the past two days in a class about the basics of Product Management, I know the answer to this question: yes, but not inthe next few years. Is it what I expected? Somewhat, having spentyears dealing with them. There is more to the job than I knew, of course, but none of…