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Recent Posts
- An Early Spring
- Pivoting
- What Makes a Good Programmer?
- Halfway There
- Defensiveness is not a Virtue
- I Have an Itch
- Embracing My Square Peg
- And So It Begins
- Network’s Antonym: Separate
- Chicago in December
- Got Symptoms?
- I Took those Photographs in a Mirror
- Out with the Old, In with the New!
- Let’s Play Pretend
- Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
Category Archives: Status
Embracing My Square Peg
I’m just over two weeks into my Code Academy experience and it’s come to my attention that being a geek is cool now. I have some catching up to do. As you all know, I left the geek world ten … Continue reading
Posted in Image, Nonsense, Software Development, Status
Tagged code academy, computer, cool, education, geek, learning, Mac, PC, programming, ruby on rails, software development, square peg
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Identity and Social Ranking
What World Do You Live In? Last week a software developer friend sent me this link. It is a blog written by web guru and photographer, Robert Scoble and it contains a 40-minute audio analysis of some of the directions Scoble believes … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Image, Marketing, Self-Management, Status, Uncategorized
Tagged anonymity, facebook, fake name, google+, identity, identiy management, popularity, privacy, robert scoble, salesforce, social rank, social ranking, virtual
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Lead Poisoning, From Where I Sit
We love to talk about nature vs. nurture, please don’t dismiss toxic environmental factors. This post has been a long time coming. It’s not the easiest of subjects, but who said progress is easy? My grand thesis statement for today’s post is this: lead … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Lead, Status
Tagged abuse, add, adhd, anger, beethoven, behavioral, bragging, cd, conduct disorder, lead poisoning, lead toxicity, lying, narcissism, odd, personality, prison, roman empire, symtom, trait, violence
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Thank You for Telling Me About Your Underwhelming Greatness
Because I Can’t Get Enough of It A man walks into a popular, high-end bar and restaurant. This is the place to go for those with power, status, and wealth. He sits down at the bar and orders his drink, obnoxiously demanding that … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Management, Status
Tagged bad managers, false image, phony people, pretenders, stop acting rich, thomas j. stanley
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Evolutionary Fire Psychology
I asked my thirteen-year-old son, “Why do people like fire so much?” He said, “Because we needed it to cook our food and to keep us warm and to give us light.” “And now?” I asked. “Now it’s a decoration. A … Continue reading
Posted in Status
Tagged evolution of fire, fire pit, fireplace, psychology of fire, status
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There’s Fashion, There’s Style, and then There’s Asininity
That’s it. I’ve had it. I have seen one too many pictures of public personalities falling down, twisting ankles, and generally making fools of themselves by demonstrating the sheep that they are and following the moronic trend of wearing ever taller, high-heeled platform shoes. … Continue reading
In an Economic Dip, Renewal Continues
As you may know, I’ve been a wee bit distracted in the past eight years sorting out a little familial health problem. In the meantime, I’ve been trying to keep up with the world around me, both near and far. … Continue reading
Writing Your Bio in the Third Person
Is it me, or have you noticed how many online “About” contents which you know the individuals wrote themselves, are written in the third person? This cracks me up. I realize this is intended to give the person added credibility, making it … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Career, Dating, Good Business, I Have Questions, Marketing, Status
Tagged bio, boasting, clients, credibility, dating profile, first person, professional, propaganda, self-marketing, web page bio
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Online Dating Tip, Part 2
The other day, I wrote a post about online dating profiles and how inflating or embellishing or implying or lying or whatever you want to call it is not a good way to market yourself to a potential love-match. Notice I said … Continue reading
Who Are You Competing With?
So you’re going along with life, doing your best to make meaningful connections with people, learning and growing your career, establishing a degree of security, living your definition of who you are or what you want to be. Along the way, questions … Continue reading