A New Day - Follows a New Dawn
Today I finished my last shift at Staples. A bitter sweet feeling to say the least. I’ve posted a little bit about Staples these last few days but I really haven’t said what’s important about my time there.
Staples taught me about customer service. Staples showed […]

My Staples Era, Coming to a Close
It’s been almost 6 years now that I’ve been working at Staples. What a roller-coaster of a time.
I started as a full-time, hourly associate in the Business Machines (Electronics) department. After about 6 month there I moved into the Manager Trainee (MT) program. That was the […]

Starting over with customer service
As some of you know I’ve worked at Staples for about 6 years now and have a few stories to tell about customer service. I have enjoyed working at Staples for many reasons one of which is the level of customer service that the company DEMANDS we provide. I […]

Almost A Week
So, I’ve been employed (at the new, full time job) for almost a week now and I’m still a happy guy. I’m learning new stuff, helping out with other things besides just my ‘job’, and am just generally enjoying life!

Things are going well
All is great at the new job. I’m reading and studying the software package right now. There’s not much else for me to do until I can be familiar enough with the package to start taking tech calls.
I wanted to walk today but it looks like I’ll need to schlep […]

Quickly!
I’m at the new job and it’s cool so far.  So low key! Updates as they occur.

Polish poets threaten Google’s supremacy
You really have to wonder about these people who think that throwing money and lawyers at a mistake or oversight will make it all better.

AFP has a funny story. It seems a group of Polish poets, Grupa Mlodych Artstow I Literatow (Group of Young Artists and Writers) owns http://www.gmail.pl/ and Google […]

New Things Going On!
Tomorrow I start a new job!
I’ve accepted a position with Apian Software, right here in the Greenwood district of Seattle. Last week I found an ad on Craigslist for a Technical Support Rep that intrigued me. The title was something like “Not Your Typical Support Position”. The text described […]

Goodbye Sonics
The Seattle Supersonics have finally come up with a plan to get the quality arena they think they deserve. And all they expect is for everyone OTHER then themselves to pay for it.

I think it’s time for us in Seattle to STOP getting screwed by this kind of corporate welfare. It’s time […]

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades - Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson over at Gizmodo writes an article that explains why all consumer electronics are crap and why that is your fault. I’ll chime in and say that Joel has hit this one in the bulls-eye.
Consumer electronics are a joke. It’s everyone’s fault but mine. You assholes.
These guys […]

Web 2.0 takes a new turn - down a pipe!
This week Yahoo released one of the most exciting Web 2.0 applications I’ve seen in a long while. It’s called pipes, and it’s cool! What is Pipes you may ask? Well the blurb from the homepage says:

Pipes is a hosted service that lets […]

NY law would ban iPod listening when crossing street
Sen. Carl Kruger would like to ban the use of iPods and cell phones in crosswalks throughout New York City. As the following article notes, it’s better than getting flattened by a city bus. The question this brings up is simple. If YOU could […]

Home Again
We’ve been gone for a week. I don’t suppose that anyone noticed……
It was a great week spent in Myrtle Beach. Brooke and I went to visit and babysit her nephew Gavin for the week. The weather was Seattle-like, cold and rainy, so we spent most of our time indoors. […]