I hoped the header grabbed your attention because it'd sure as hell grab mine. I just read a (really long) article on how the studies/reports behind the Dvorak keyboard layout could just be all part of one hell of a marketing gimmick to help dear old Mr. Dvorak sell his keyboard layout (for the uninitiated,... Continue Reading →
Office Wear for Women
Promised Zixuan I'd give a link to his newly launched blogshop selling office clothes for women (<= how's that for SEO my friend?) Go support him! I can guarantee he won't be running away with your money (he stays nearby, so if he does just let me know and I'll prepare the chicken and horse... Continue Reading →
I like what I do, but…
Today I had dinner with Wilson and Zixuan. It was the first time in many years (I'd think it was ten) that we'd had dinner together, the last time probably when we were still in Montfort Secondary. We chatted about the usual things: our jobs (or lack of); other people's jobs and their salaries; and... Continue Reading →
Missing Entrepreneurship
I went out with Zixuan a couple of days ago. It was the first time we were meeting for a little over a month but, it seemed hardly a day passed since we last saw each other. Nothing much had changed, except perhaps his greater immersion into the world of entrepreneurship. It was with some... Continue Reading →
Focus IT Investment on Training in 2010
I read with interest an article in the magazine "business minds" emphasising the importance of IT investment, and how the tough economic climate has been forcing companies to cut their IT spending. It reported that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the worst off, with their already lean budgets being squeezed even tighter. I agreed... Continue Reading →
70% of us think about starting our own business
I recently read in a book that "out of a 100 people, 70 will want to start a business, 15 will actually do so in the next few years, and only 5 will succeed on the first try." (from the book bounce! by Barry Moltz) I hadn't realised that so many people were actually thinking... Continue Reading →
Changing Jobs for More Money
"Leaving for money" is, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review on career moves, called "Managing Yourself: Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change", one of the major mistakes people make when deciding between jobs. Though not too extraordinary a finding in itself (surely you have heard people say, "it's not all about... Continue Reading →
Getting a Job During a Recession
A program on the BBC about a week back talked about getting a job during a recession. "Graduates," they said, "who got jobs during recessions were likely to be paid less than their peers who got jobs during times of prosperity." I am, unfortunately, one of them. Graduating at the end of 2008, I went... Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurship and Full-time Work
A couple of days ago I had a talk with a good friend of mine, also an aspiring entrepreneur, regarding entrepreneurship. Though we shared many similar thoughts regarding this subject, it was when we differed that I learned the most. At one point of our conversation, the reasons why we were so driven toward becoming... Continue Reading →
Internal Talent Scouting
I went for an "interview" with a corporate HR person yesterday, from a department called Talent Management. Before you think how to yourself, "wow", allow me to admit that I wasn't exclusively chosen for it -- I was one of the 200-or-so (probably more) marketing people who were. Though I must applaud the company for... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 