What would happen if you allowed the workers to design their own workspaces? Would you get more comfortable motivated workers who refuse to go home? Would you get a tidal wave of applicants who want to work there simply because the environment was so (expletive) cool!!!! Could be… Just ask the guys at Pixar who flat out refused to allow [...]

I came across an intersting post today on Searchengine Low Down called Searching the Gheto: New Engine Delivers Surprising Results. Being overwhelmed with curiosity, I check out the searchengine mentioned in the article and discover “GhetoSearch” (and yes, I and the searchengine company are aware that “Gheto” is misspelled). In case you are wondering the signifigance of the name, Ghetosearch [...]

Someone forwarded me a comment citing (the legendary Names Sourcer) Maureen Sharib’s flattering statements about me and my teammates. Well, I blushed three shades of red which is a good trick once you consider my complexion. (wink) Thank you for the kind words Maureen! For the curious, here is a snippet… That’s not to say that the internet search experts [...]

The holidays are coming and I am looking forward to eating turkey with my family, chasing kids around the house and passing out in front of a stack of DVDs. One thing I am (“somewhat”) looking forward to is spending time with my Uncle Lucious. That’s pronounced “loo-shush” to friends and family and “lush-shus” to all the ladies. (But you [...]

When I saw the above ad I laughed hysterically out loud and even now, its all I can do not to chuckle when viewing the above advertisement. I very much enjoy my side projects (Can you dig it?), but when I see an ad like this, I know I made the right choice in accepting an offer with Microsoft. Tell [...]

I just posted this on my Jobseeker’s Revenge blog and thought that the info would be just as relevant here as well. Just substitute the jobs feeds cited on Pagebites with the resume feeds that are also offered on Pagebites. It works either way. Enjoy! We (Microsoft) recently launched a new (awesome) product called “Windows Liveâ€? and if you didn’t [...]

Tivo – yawn. Microsoft Media Center – BIG YAY!!! (See the screenshot above?) If you do not know the difference between the two then you have not experienced the MMC (Microsoft Media Center). I have a Tivo at home, but after hanging out with a pal of mine and seeing his MMC set-up at home, I turned 7 shades of [...]

Jobvertise now boasts the world’s largest FREE resume database! (At this writing, 400,000 and counting.) All of the resumes are entered directly on the Jobvertise web site by active job-seekers. To quote, “We do not import stale resumes from other sites to artificially inflate our numbers. These are resumes you won’t easily find elsewhere…” Worth a peek: Click here to [...]

Advanced Searchbar enables you to search more than 99 search engines and databases with this customizable search toolbar for Internet Explorer. It eliminates pop-ups, adds home page protection, and provides a screen saver launcher, file shredder, 78 free games, automatic form filler and RSS news feed ticker. Includes Web page translation for 12 languages, 69 news providers, 38 mail providers, [...]