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On This Day...

• 2012: Monthly reviews: October and November 2012 — In September, I wrote: What will October look like? I took a month-long break from consulting in September, so I’m [...]
• 2011: Reviewing my archives — I’ve been reviewing my posts from 2011. I remember some of the highlights, but other posts trigger memories that had [...]
• 2010: Conference tips: planning your attendance — Make the most of your conference by planning which sessions to attend. Think about your objectives. What do [...]
• 2009: Lessons from 2009 and plans for 2010 — There is something incredibly powerful in being able to look back and see how much you’ve grown in a year. [...]
• 2009: Informed Judgment, Terrence Hickey — Here are my notes from the Top Talent call on informed judgment, one of IBM’s leadership competencies. Click on [...]
• 2008: The economics of entertaining at home — Last Saturday, we hosted a dinner party at our house. There were eight people, including me and W-. For starters, [...]
• 2007: Quick update: purse found — Add this as yet another story about Filipinos doing good. =) A customer brought my lost purse to Josie, the owner [...]
• 2006: Twenty-three years and two strikeouts — You just can’t win them all, I guess. As warm and fuzzy as other people feel about me, there are people [...]
• 2004: Of joy — “…it might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, [...]
• 2004: More about call centers — From Sean Uy: I’m thinking that maybe the graduates should be warned about going to work in the local call centers. It’s good [...]
• 2004: More about call centers — From Levi Guerrero: While I must say that ePerformax’s contract does indeed reek of bull crap, I know for a fact [...]
• 2004: Kanji for last Saturday — IBMの代表者によると、９日、IBMのコンユーターの事業は中国最大手のコンピューターメーカーに買収されました。 IBMのだいひょうしゃによると、ここのか、IBMのコンピューターのじぎょうはちゅうごくおおてのコンピューターメーカーにばいしゅうされました。 ばいしゅうされました。| [It] was bought. コンピューターメーカーに買収されました [It] was bought by a computer maker. 中国最大手のコンピューターメーカーに買収されました。| [It] was bought by China’s (big hand?) computer maker. 事業は中国最大手のコンピューターメーカーに買収されました。| The [...]
• 2004: Kanji sentence for the day — メニューファイルで、新規作成を選択してください。 メニューファイルで、しんきさくせいをせんたくしてください。 選択してください。| Please choose. 新規作成を選択してください。| Please choose “New…”. メニューファイルで、新規作成を選択してください。| Please choose “New…” from the File menu.
• 2002: Notes — Heavy traffic on the way home. Much work still to be done, but at least my Linuxchallenge stuff sorta works. [...]