WordPress database error: [Got error 134 from table handler]
SELECT * FROM wp_bas_visitors, wp_bas_refer, wp_bas_ua, wp_bas_os WHERE referer = referer_id AND osystem = os_id AND useragent = ua_id AND lasthere > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 20 MINUTE) AND visit_ip = 221991591 AND ua_string = 'Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)' ORDER BY lasthere DESC LIMIT 1

The Cargo Cult of Business » Principal Acronyms Only

Archives for the 'Principal Acronyms Only' Category

More Retirement

Published on 13 Jun 2006 at 11:22 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Principal Acronyms Only, Winners and Losers, Economics and the Economy.

I find it very intimidating to contemplate just how diffcult it really is to accumulate adequate retirement savings.

Read ‘More Retirement’

Career Networking - no quotes

Published on 18 Apr 2006 at 12:29 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Manifest Masquerade, Principal Acronyms Only, Business and Corporation Related, Networking Technology.

In regard to Ringo’s post of 3 April…..

Read ‘Career Networking - no quotes’

Career Networking

Published on 3 Apr 2006 at 12:27 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Manifest Masquerade, Principal Acronyms Only.

In technical and engineering disciplines, in fact, “Career Networking” is probably as good a system as could be constructed to screen out qualified candidates.

Read ‘Career Networking’

Getting It Right At Fog Creek Software

Published on 12 Sep 2005 at 1:33 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Manifest Masquerade, Total Quality Madness, Principal Acronyms Only, Winners and Losers, Business and Corporation Related, Information Technology, Branding and Values.

Accolades to Fog Creek Software for having their priorities and perspectives in order when it comes to hiring development engineers. They are well deserving of credit for putting function before form in assessing their candidates.

Read ‘Getting It Right At Fog Creek Software’

Two Dollars Worth of PR

Published on 12 Aug 2005 at 12:00 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Service With A Smirk, Principal Acronyms Only, Winners and Losers, Business and Corporation Related, Branding and Values, Public Relations and Marketing.

…better trained and more broadly educated first line managers — who are on the scene — would have solved this problem.

Read ‘Two Dollars Worth of PR’

Mental Mono-Culture

Published on 2 Aug 2005 at 12:19 am. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Principal Acronyms Only, Business and Corporation Related, Information Technology.

Over specialization and monoculture both individually and organizationally leave us poorly prepared to meet, or profit from, change.

Read ‘Mental Mono-Culture’

Blogroll

Technopolitical

Networking Technology

General Interest

Design, Interface, and Usability

Business and Corporation Related

Blogosphere

Apple Computer Related