20 years at Microsoft, and counting. Great personal story from Larry Osterman: a real snapshot of tech-focused life since the early 80s. Via Bink. It was 20 years ago today…
Month: August 2004
Blogs make firing a public issue
A story that’s been posted on a couple of blogs today concerns an engineer at Friendster who comments on her blog that she was fired yesterday because she blogs. In her post, Troutgirl (Joyce Parks) says “I worked really hard for that company, and I don’t think I have anything to be ashamed of.” Reading […]
City-wide WiFi comes to Amsterdam
Good news if you have a wireless PC in Amsterdam (I live here and have a wireless PC!) – Bink reports that startup firm HotSpot Amsterdam launched a wireless computer network yesterday with a supercharged version of the WiFi technology that is used to turn homes, airports, hotels and cafes into web-connected hot spots. Bink […]
CEO Bloggers’ Club launched
Guillaume du Gardier has started a blog for CEOs. Launched from France, Guillaume says this initiative is expected to give CEOs around the globe a blog to share their experiences in blogging and off lines conferences, with the first to take place in Paris in early October. Two conditions to join the Club are required: […]
Bush is no Churchill!
In a ceremony draped in patriotic imagery and dominated by moderate and even liberal figures, the Republican Party opened its convention yesterday by promoting President George W Bush as a leader worthy of comparison with Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan. – report in the Daily Telegraph. Who are the Republicans and Rudy Giuliani (who is […]