Category Archives: Egocentric

There Are Hungry Children in the World Who Don’t Even Have Offices!

So you won’t find me complaining about the fact that I’ve moved to a new spot in our building, a converted conference room that has been subdivided in what I’m forced to admit is a respectable manner. not cubes, but … Continue reading

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(com)Promising Transitions

(From the archive – 5/25/06) Posting here after two and a half months feels a little like coming home after a vacation and discovering that you left your front door open  . . . there’s just so little actually here! … Continue reading

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On the Other Hand

(From the Archive – 1/13/06) If you really want to see what the life of a software tester isn’t like, you could dive into the nearest cultural dumpster and flush 87 minutes of your life down this cinematic low-flow toilet . … Continue reading

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Blink, Or Don’t, And You’ll Miss Me

From the Archive – 12/11/05 I am an attention miser (perhaps a distant cousin of Heat and Snow) . . . . I tend to pay it out in very small doses (as my friend Knat said in her brilliant article, … Continue reading

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What – Am I Reading?

From the Archive – 11/09/05 Taking a cue from Jason’s music listings, and a more direct theft from my friend and semi-retired colleague Bruce Williams’ excellent site, here’s a list of books that I’m currently picking at as time allows. … Continue reading

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Is Something Always Better Than Nothing

From the Archive – 11/09/05 A good pal of mine, when I was floundering around with muttered apologies for not having written in so long, offered to loan me an excuse, which I’ll reuse here: "I’m just a man whose … Continue reading

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