October 30, 2009 by Ronald A. Rowe
Microsoft unveiled Windows 7 this week. It didn't take long for the first reports of problems to begin trickling in. How is it possible that the biggest software company in the world, with something like 96% market share, cannot roll out a new product without taking two steps backward for every one forward?
It's not like expectations are very high. Vista was such an unmitigated disaster that Windows 7 would have to cripple the user's computer immediately upon installation for it to be viewed as a downgrade. Despite millions of dollars in advertising, the Official Random Stock Survey of...
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October 23, 2009 by Joe Lawrence
These days we get pulled in so many directions it is easy to get lost on a path. We have work, home and social obligations, and often each of those obligations have additional duties within them. You have to find a universal system to pull it all together or you will go crazy.
I am a husband, father, freelance writer, military member, college student, friend, entrepreneur, etc. All of these roles have deadlines and events to meet, and I often feel like I am in a medieval torture device having my body pulled apart. Things get especially tough when each of...
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October 13, 2009 by Joe Lawrence
I am the leading expert on thermo-nuclear physics for North America. Not many of you knew that, did you? Mainly, because it is not true at all. For starters, I am not a physicist. Also, I had to use the spell check on 'nuclear.' Do you really know who the people are that you are trusting for daily information?
Many readers automatically assume because someone has a website or blog she is an expert. Lots of writers have Twitter followings and are leaders in the social media realm, so we think they must surely be pros. Don't get me wrong, some...
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October 6, 2009 by Ronald A. Rowe
It seems incongruous to say the least. Employers complaining, in this economy, that they can't find enough workers to fill their open positions. But that is exactly what is happening - in a few select industries.
The unemployment rate nation wide is now clocking in at a disturbing 9.8%. Things are bad, and they don't seem to be getting better. If you factor in people who are underemployed (workers who involuntarily dropped from full-time to part-time) and the unofficial unemployed (those who have basically given up on looking for work), the number is estimated to be an utterly shocking...
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