fighting the lack of good ideas
I see Allegiant Air is starting to come around. For several years, many airlines have had checked bag fees – but carry-ons are free. But it’s having carry-on bags that slows everyone down while inept and hapless travelers try to wedge their carry-on and “small personal item” into overhead bins, under the seat in front…
I don’t like sour cream (not when I know it’s there, at least). However, I do like creamy baked potatoes. And I like cheesy baked potatoes. My solution? Cream cheese instead of sour cream! Directions: bake potato(es) to desired doneness split in “Wendy’s” fashion (perforate with a fork, and squeeze the ends perpendicular to the…
Somebody should start a fill-in-the-blank takeout and delivery service. Want Arby’s? Call FITB. Want Chinese? Call FITB. Want groceries? Call FITB. I bet there are a *LOT* of people who’d take advantage of services like that if they were offered – I would. Maybe I should start the first one in Lexington.
Related to a previous post on career development, I thought it could be interesting to look at one approach to the technical screen that I have used over the past few years when interviewing candidates. for folks with no “real” experience yet, I ask them to rank themselves on a few key technologies on the…
I had a recent conversation with an old classmate, and he stated that using asserts when programming Java is useless because an exception can generate more useful information. Exceptions are only “more useful” if you are a developer or perhaps supporting an application. When a bug report or support case needs to be created, supplying…
According to The Street, Sprint-Nextel is at a 52-week low with today’s closing price. Their market cap is $10 billion. Apple as $70 billion in cash on hand. Google is buying Motorola. I think Apple should buy Sprint. And they should stop distributing the iPhone via Verizon and AT&T in the US. guarantee a distribution…
Career development. Career path. Development opportunities. Taking your career to the next level. Terms and phrases we all hear and pretty much pass over in our day-to-day lives. Right up until we want to move to a new/better job or performance reviews roll around. But what do they mean, and how can you advance your…