Tag: landing

  • Nothing to Hide? Or Afraid of a ‘Metadata Sweep’

    This post first appeared on the Port Washington Patch. In a recent discussion of the Edward Snowden Affair with family members,  two basic attitudes toward the government’s selective spying on U.S. citizens emerged: The Innocence Argument “I have nothing to hide, so I don’t care what the federal government wants to know about me.” The Privacy Argument “The…

  • Bush the Elder’s “Vision Thing”

    Bush the Elder’s “Vision Thing”

    A colleague suggested a TED talk by Simon Simek on “leadership.”  Can any talk or book about “leadership” be credible? I am suspicious of someone who casually proposes that humans are motivated “by biology not psychology.” As if these could be cleanly partitioned off from one another. I can perhaps overlook that oversimplification. But most organizations “believe”…

  • Recruiting #fail: On Recruiting for Proficiency

    Recruiting #fail: On Recruiting for Proficiency

    What follows is a position description received this month from a firm  — not a recruiter. Required Technical Skills: Proficiency in all MS Office applications including MS Project Front end development (HTML, Flash, Ajax, Javascript – templates) Back end development (XML, HTTPS, Web Services, Web dav, data mapping) Experience with implementing and managing Demand Ware…