Posts by Mike Taber
Upcoming podcast
I’ve never been much into podcasting, nor do I currently have plans to do it into the future. That could change at any time, but the speaking engagement I presented for last week was videotaped and RTC is planning on making it into a podcast. Once I get the details, I’ll link to it and…
Read MoreBlatant job posting for a friend
A good friend of mine named Andrew Welch owns Ambrosia Software and they’re looking for a UNIX system administrator. If you’re into the Mac and Mac games, Ambrosia is the place to be. Below is the job listing he asked me to post. *********************************** Ambrosia Software, Inc. is seeking an energetic UNIX system administrator to…
Read MoreProduct Manager opening
SourceGear has an opening for a Product Manager. This is one of those times that I sort of wish that I was a few years younger, not married, and could just pack everything I owned into my hatchback to drive half-way across the country and take a job. Alas, it is not to be. I’m…
Read MoreThe Bag Kicker Strikes Back!
This morning, as I was getting ready to leave for my client, the band on my watch broke. I know it was the Bag Kicker but as always, I have absolutely no proof.
Read MoreNew position at the airlines
I think I’ve got this software thing all wrong. Sure there’s good money to be made doing it. Sure there are a lot of challenges associated with writing the software, designing complicated systems and deploying them in odd configurations. But is there something better out there? It’s my firm belief that there is an unadvertised…
Read MoreSpeaking engagement
I’ll be speaking as part of a Digital Marketing Series offered by the Regional Technology Corporation in Springfield, Massachusetts next month. Cohosting with me will be Bill Bither of Atalasoft. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the event is already sold out! Next time, we need a bigger venue.
Read MoreOffshoring… sort of
Fellow blogger Rob Walling posed an interesting question in his post titled “The Next Frontier in Offshoring“, and asked me what I thought of the idea of “Offshoring” business to rural Mississippi. I’m going to call it outsourcing, since it’s not really offshoring if you don’t go offshore. For the record, I don’t think Hawaii…
Read MoreThe Lifestyle Entrepreneur
Some 20 years ago, I knew I wanted to own my own company. At the time I couldn’t differentiate between being the CEO of a company and owning the company. As the years went on I began to realize the differences, but it never changed what I wanted. Throughout college, I watched as many of…
Read MoreGoals for 2007
Just before last year, I set forth my Goals for 2006. I haven’t yet formally done that for 2007, but I’m only about a month late so lets get to it. I think we need to start off by taking a look back at the goals for 2006 and see how I did. Goal 1:…
Read MoreDumbest moments in business
CNN.com recently published an article called “101 Dumbest Moments in Business“. I’d like to draw particular attention to #77: Bank of America, which laid off 100 tech support jobs in the San Francisco area and told their employees that in order to receive their severance pay, they needed to train their replacements. That’s funny in…
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