Archive for the 'work' Category
Seriously cool workplaces
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 5th Oct, 2006
Alex
Kjerulf (The Chief Happiness Officer) has
an excellent
post on his blog about how aesthetically pleasing workplaces are conducive to
happier, more productive employees. He shows us 10 amazing workspaces.
My favourite picture has to be the slide that lets you get from one floor to another
in Red Bull’s London office. How cool is that?
Value from IT in Government
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 6th Apr, 2006
Solidsoft have just issued another edition of their quaterly public sector bulletin: Value from IT in Government. These are the features in this latest issues:
Feature Articles
A turning point for eGovernment
Liam Kelly, Public Sector Practice Manager, Solidsoft explains why he believes these
are exciting times for local authorities.
>> more
Government Connect - Making the business case
Steve Lawrence, Take-up [...]
10 ways to manage your boss
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 30th Mar, 2006
Interesting article to read this morning. Talks about what it claims to be “the most important relationship you have at work”. Very interesting take on the subject, and some good advice in there. If you have become used to Dilbert-fuelled
cynisism about the workplace, it’s refreshing to see some good pointers that can really
help your career.
Read [...]
Looking for a BizTalk role?
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 31st Aug, 2005
Solidsoft, the company I work for, is looking
for BizTalk specialists in Chicago.
We’ve opened a US office and are looking for people passionate about tehcnology and
integration to join our team. We have some of the best guys in the business working
for us here in the UK, so if you’re eager to join the winning BizTalk team; [...]
Solidsoft @ Challenger World
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 8th Jun, 2005
Solidsoft is taking part in Microsoft UK Challenge this year, an outdoor Team Building event where teams from major organisations in the UK compete head-to-head, raising money for charity in the process. There’s no results up yet on the Challenger World Results website, but hopefully they did well today!
Consulting - Rules of engagement
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 1st Feb, 2005
Came across this today:
Just in case if you didn’t pick it up from the Slashdot yet, here I’ve added link to a great article by Steve Friedl: http://mvp.unixwiz.net/techtips/be-consultant.html
[Valery's blog]
Excellent advice .. here’s a distilled version
You must give the customer “The Warm Fuzzy Feeling”
“Trust” is your best job security
You have no job security, even if [...]
Solidsoft is growing!!
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 15th Oct, 2004
We had a company meeting yesterday which was great as I finally got to meet all the
people I’ve been sending email to and speaking to over the phone. We got some amazing
news, Solidsoft has grown substantially over
the last year and there are great plans afoot. I’ve only been there a few weeks, so
I haven’t had [...]
The Joke Shop Affiliate Scheme
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 25th Mar, 2004
So after some hard-code programming, I’ve release the new Affiliate Scheme I’m written
for The Joke Shop to the wild. I’m sure
there’s going to be some rough edges that need polishing, but in the meantime let’s
see how it performs and fix any problems as they occur. Full details here.
Offshore Fears
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 21st Aug, 2003
The Register have a good
article on the fear of UK/US companies of offshore businesses coming in and taking
their work. My favourite quote:
Forget your O’Reilly PERL course, and
follow the money. A course in Mandarin or Arabic is probably the shrewdest investment
a parent can make right now.
Who knows what the future holds …
Monday Morning
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 14th Jul, 2003
Monday morning .. and it’s back to work again.
Should be fun as this week I’m working on 2 projects at the same time now, one for M&S and Britvic so I suppose I’ll be pretty busy .. hope it’s a good week …
