The importance of delegation
Delegation is the act of assigning work to other people, generally people who report to you. It’s supposed to be a way to ensure that the right people are doing the right jobs, and that large pieces of work will …
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Music industry's future - Creators and Performers
The music industry is falling apart. Not in the way your under-maintained 1991 economy car with rust spots is leaving a breadcrumb trail of broken parts, but in the way your high school clique drifted apart as everyone …
Which Beatles is better - British Invasion, or Studio?
The other day, as Mark was driving us to work, we were treated to Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da on Radio Dos as we were inching our way through the daily Lindora grind. I’ve heard this song at least 100 times (iTunes reports a mere …
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Where Star Trek went wrong
Many years ago, I wrote an article for the University of Waterloo’s student newspaper, The Imprint, where I laid into Star Trek: Generations (page 24) as a not-so-great adaptation of a television show to a movie. To say …
Why didn't I get a promotion?
Aside from “I quit”, the worst thing a manager can hear from someone on their team is: “Why didn’t I get a promotion?” This is something I’ve run into a few times in my management career, and it’s …
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Repetition breeds complacency
Last night, I was feeling a little reflective. (That sometimes happens after I’ve had a glass of wine. Or three.) It was dark, the lights out, and everyone else already in bed. I stood on my second-floor balcony …
The Failure of Offshoring
A couple of years ago, I engaged in my first offshore experience, when we hooked up with a small company out of Argentina to develop and deliver some additions to a website, including the addition of a simple CMS. It had …
Dear Murphy, Fuck off and die!
Yeah, Murphy, I’m talking to you. You’ve been dogging me now for 10 months, almost non-stop. You’ve always been there, hiding in the shadows, popping out every so often to cause a bit of havoc only to vanish again. …
9 years ... and counting
Today marks yet another notch on the belt of my career. Today, I’ve been at Critical Mass (or within the Critical Mass family, anyway) for nine years. It’s weird. Very weird. I’m actually having trouble comprehending …
I'm just a "passionate" guy
I didn’t mean to hurt you, I’m sorry that I mad you cry, I didn’t want to hurt you, I’m just an “passionate” guy. – With apologies to John Lennon I won’t lie. Things haven’t been easy here in Costa Rica. …