Just about everybody has stayed up all night at least once. But about twelve years ago, I pulled exactly 74 waking hours in a row: from 6:30 Tuesday morning to 8:30 Friday morning. Someone who was leaving the company had grossly understated the amount of work remaining on a large software manual. She had been … Read more
This will not be a spittle-laden rant full of breathless claims about how Wal-Mart is raping the world and destroying the merkin way of life, which I typically find misleading at best. I don’t have a problem with effective execution of a solid business plan; au contraire, I consider it one of the most critical … Read more
Skating’s supposed to be like riding a bike. Everyone always told me so. But every time I went skating, I always had to find a quiet corner and take 15 or 20 minutes to learn the mechanics of it all over again. For me, roller skating was always only in RAM; I could never save … Read more