How to tell when your hard drive needs help

If it looks lke this, then it’s time to run the defragger!

I guess things got a little out of hand. Oops.

Is your project out of control?

Recently I have been ruminating on why, it seems, all the projects I have worked on as a contributor over the last 3+ years have missed their dates, customer expectations, and, I presume, their budgets (with one too brief respite, which I will get to later). There are many references on the web that can [...]

Sad but true!

This is a cute parody a friend just emailed me. It’s so spot on it’s pathetic. Of course, you could substitute many of the “my boss” signs with “my client,” but you get the idea.

Btw, 2 of my 6 projects (well, one project with 6 phases) are in “red” due to my client’s inability to sign [...]

Really now?

As seen on the web (emphasis mine):
Recent surveys by the consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide indicate that while nearly half of US employers believe stress from long working hours and demands to produce more with less is influencing business performance, only 5 percent say they’ve taken strong action to remedy the situation.
And they wonder why…
…many people’s [...]

Succumbing to the inevitable

Found this on the web (edited only slightly to fix spelling and grammar):
How to you know you are becoming overwhelmed with disappointment? The easiest way to determine if you are starting to have a difficult time dealing with feelings of disappointment is when you start exhibiting the same behaviors that you are concerned about. These can [...]

A new workplace low

Here’s about the stupidest thing I have heard, well, today. Evidently I am no longer allowed to write my weekly progress and near-term intentions in my company’s project tracking solution. Management has indicated that the field has been re-purposed to support a “special executive” report. WTF is that?

This is just the latest insult (in a long [...]

More fun with passwords!

I’m sure I am not the first person to have this thought, but it really sucks to have to change my password for my work PC every 90 days. Just about the time I am used to typing it in, Bang! I have to change it again and start the process all over again. All [...]

Meetings, oh meetings

It never ceases to amaze me how meetings can suck the productivity right out of your day. For instance, this week I had no less than 3 separate meetings to go over the same content: 2 internal and one external. And that was just for the main project I’m on. There were also 2 full [...]