Jack, you're way too intelligent to pretend that you don't understand what I'm talking about here.
It's simply common sense - if you're going to hire someone, you should pay them the same amount, within reason, as any other qualified person on your team. "There's increased risk - real and/or perceived - involved in…
I think that's the same thing people say when they pay African Americans less money too.
Yep, about half of ex-cons end up back in the joint. And this is all the more reason, if you're going to hire someone with a criminal record, to try and treat them with the same respect you'd treat any other employee.…
I've only recently discovered the horror that is AT&T U-Verse. Some buildings in Chicago have a contract with them so there's no escaping it. I can't imagine how bad it would be if a whole state only had one provider…
Mark Russinovich was hired by Microsoft for any number of reasons, not the least among them being the fact that he was easily one of the top Windows hackers out there. I can still remember marveling over the books he…
You're probably already aware of it, but Martin Thompson of LMAX has done a lot of great work on HFT systems and his blog "Mechanical Sympathy" is excellent: http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/ Although a lot of…
The whole notion of absolute immunity for government agents, whether it's the mailman or a prosecutor is completely nuts - it seems ridiculous to me that our legal system includes government agents who are allowed to…
I'm so sick of software patents. The solution seems pretty simple - the approval process for software patents should consist of running the idea past three people off of the street. If they say "Well, duh..." in…
The easiest way to avoid making mistakes in an exit interview is not to participate in one. You're not obligated to do an exit interview, and nobody takes it personally if you don't.
I like digital currency, and at the same time I am somewhat concerned about the idea of moving away from paper currency and over to an electronic system. My main concern is that once we can't buy something with coins or…
It's been a while since I've done an integration with fraud prevention systems, but the credit bureaus do offer functionality like this - for instance, they can give you a red flag back if an address has been used by a…
I thought Chicago was hilarious - it's the only place I've lived where two people can walk in opposite directions and both still have the wind blowing directly in their faces.
Houston's a tough and gritty place, but it's not without its charms. For instance, a lot of people don't know that Houston is the home of the largest medical center in the world - including M.D. Anderson, which is…
Shhh, you're going to ruin everything. And right when I've got a bunch of investors on the hook with my idea for a healthcare portal run by a former surgeon general.
Jack, you're way too intelligent to pretend that you don't understand what I'm talking about here.
It's simply common sense - if you're going to hire someone, you should pay them the same amount, within reason, as any other qualified person on your team. "There's increased risk - real and/or perceived - involved in…
I think that's the same thing people say when they pay African Americans less money too.
Yep, about half of ex-cons end up back in the joint. And this is all the more reason, if you're going to hire someone with a criminal record, to try and treat them with the same respect you'd treat any other employee.…
I've only recently discovered the horror that is AT&T U-Verse. Some buildings in Chicago have a contract with them so there's no escaping it. I can't imagine how bad it would be if a whole state only had one provider…
Mark Russinovich was hired by Microsoft for any number of reasons, not the least among them being the fact that he was easily one of the top Windows hackers out there. I can still remember marveling over the books he…
You're probably already aware of it, but Martin Thompson of LMAX has done a lot of great work on HFT systems and his blog "Mechanical Sympathy" is excellent: http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/ Although a lot of…
The whole notion of absolute immunity for government agents, whether it's the mailman or a prosecutor is completely nuts - it seems ridiculous to me that our legal system includes government agents who are allowed to…
I'm so sick of software patents. The solution seems pretty simple - the approval process for software patents should consist of running the idea past three people off of the street. If they say "Well, duh..." in…
The easiest way to avoid making mistakes in an exit interview is not to participate in one. You're not obligated to do an exit interview, and nobody takes it personally if you don't.
I like digital currency, and at the same time I am somewhat concerned about the idea of moving away from paper currency and over to an electronic system. My main concern is that once we can't buy something with coins or…
It's been a while since I've done an integration with fraud prevention systems, but the credit bureaus do offer functionality like this - for instance, they can give you a red flag back if an address has been used by a…
I thought Chicago was hilarious - it's the only place I've lived where two people can walk in opposite directions and both still have the wind blowing directly in their faces.
Houston's a tough and gritty place, but it's not without its charms. For instance, a lot of people don't know that Houston is the home of the largest medical center in the world - including M.D. Anderson, which is…
Shhh, you're going to ruin everything. And right when I've got a bunch of investors on the hook with my idea for a healthcare portal run by a former surgeon general.