Like many of you, I’ve had some great bosses over the years, and I’ve learned a lot from them.
Like many of you, I’ve had some great bosses over the years, and I’ve learned a lot from them.
This past week’s headline was the US administration’s decisions to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but once again our news media has not done a terribly good job of covering what the heck the program is. While this is a topic that is understandably and justifiably under a great deal …
This is especially for Jason Helmick, who uses the word “power” incorrectly – a lot – with his new Dodge Challenger. You’ll need a piece of paper, and a pen or pencil, to follow along.
Here’s a proposition for you to consider: 99% of all human social problems are the result of two or more groups of people holding different opinions, with each group lending no credence whatsoever to the others’. This happens almost constantly in life, and – unsurprisingly but almost always unrecognized – almost constantly in business.
When I was younger, I always wondered why companies were so on about “growth.” It’s like, look, your CEO makes good scratch. You’ve got a lot of employees, they’ve got solid insurance, and they’re all getting paid well. Your customers are happy. Aside from gaining new customers to replace ones that drop off, what’s this continuous …
This isn’t actually a “policing” situation – it’s just something I thought you might find interesting. Writers – especially technical writers – often have to work within the scope of globalization. Globalization is a way of writing that lends itself to localization, which is the process of translating a communication into another language and culture. For example, you can help globalize …
As most of you know, I write lot. I enjoy it. I started out writing 800-page books; when I was offered by first 800-word monthly magazine column, a wise editor told me, “this’ll make you a better writer.” That’s because, when you only have 800 words, you choose every one with care. An unfortunate side …
With one of our current national debates being healthcare, let’s take a moment to examine some of the “spin” and put to rest some of the more egregious myths.
I’m making it a point in 2017 to blog at least once a week – usually on Thursdays. And if you’re thinking, “you know, I should do more blogging, too,” then I have a few tips that may help.
You do not utilize a computer. You use a computer. verb (used with object), used, using. 1. to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 2. to avail oneself of; apply to one’s own purposes: to use the facilities. 3. to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 4. to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. 5. to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one’s own ends. 6. to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. 7. to habituate or accustom. Utilize is a word often used by people who think that it makes them sound smarter, because “z” and all that. These people are wrong. The word utilize is generally …
