Walking the road of insanity can be lonely. I'm glad you brought a friend!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
A Wart and a Tree
I had almost 2000 page views of The shepherd's Heart Journal about one week ago when I posted all the chapters of The Gift Parables. The analysis graph spike looks like a tree.
Today The Shepherd's Heart Journal had a very good day, with almost 800 page views. But on the analysis graph, compared to the 2000 page views spike of a week ago, the little bump on the chart looks like a wart.
A wart is o.k. God is good.
Today The Shepherd's Heart Journal had a very good day, with almost 800 page views. But on the analysis graph, compared to the 2000 page views spike of a week ago, the little bump on the chart looks like a wart.
A wart is o.k. God is good.
Nothin..
OLDGUY1 Whatcha doin today? OLDGUY2 nothin.. OG1 You did that yesterday. OG2 I wasn't finished.
Almost Summer Beauty
Mary and I try to keep our cameras at the ready. This almost summer day we caught some beautiful moments.
Always Glad to meet New Friends
Always glad to make new friends on the internet. Friend me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter or Google Plus, or search for me on Google Search.
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Don't wait for the hearse
Don't wait for the hearse to take you to church or Death to escort you to God. SEEK HIM NOW!
Google has fun. Fun is dangerous.
Microsoft and Apple are renowned for screaming at their engineers. Both companies, along with Facebook, have been in survival mode since their inception. About 90% of Silicon Valley and it's sister locations are in a fearful and angry mode, suing at the drop of a hat.
This kind of urgency is dangerous for the uninitiated. New manufacturing facilities in nations with workers eager to please, pressed into fast updates, strict manufacturing schedules, and ever increasing cost cutting, coupled with a deep sense of fear coming from recent experiences of devastating poverty, commit rookie mistakes that cause tragic accidents of monumental per-portions and a suicide rate that takes your breath away.
I understand the survival mode. I've been there, job on the line, competition nipping at your heels, companies you know being snuffed out of existence. Fortunately I had the counsel of parents who came from the same background and gave me an example of how to have fun at work.
Business is dominated by male straight line thinking. Keeping the customer happy by making a quality product, in an efficient manner (cheap), safety, communications, all pile in to make business a not so fun place to work.
Every so often a business comes along that masters these basics so well that they can work on making work fun. This in turn reduces turnover, improves company moral and attendance and focus that it allow them to make more money, and allows them to tweak the workplace in such a way that it becomes even more fun which makes it more efficient and so on.
Google is such a business. Improvement and change is not a panic stricken tedious chore but joyous fun.
That's why fun is dangerous. Not for Google or their employees. Fun is dangerous for Google's competitors.
Most tech companies are wolverines. Lonely survivalists that are smart but cutthroat.
Google is a family of otters. They swim in the code that drowns their competitors. They chase enough fish dollars to make themselves fat (all the better to float in the cold water of code) and nothing really is a threat to them.
Here's my summary: It's important to master the basics of your business. It's even better to master the basics so well you can have fun.
This kind of urgency is dangerous for the uninitiated. New manufacturing facilities in nations with workers eager to please, pressed into fast updates, strict manufacturing schedules, and ever increasing cost cutting, coupled with a deep sense of fear coming from recent experiences of devastating poverty, commit rookie mistakes that cause tragic accidents of monumental per-portions and a suicide rate that takes your breath away.
I understand the survival mode. I've been there, job on the line, competition nipping at your heels, companies you know being snuffed out of existence. Fortunately I had the counsel of parents who came from the same background and gave me an example of how to have fun at work.
Business is dominated by male straight line thinking. Keeping the customer happy by making a quality product, in an efficient manner (cheap), safety, communications, all pile in to make business a not so fun place to work.
Every so often a business comes along that masters these basics so well that they can work on making work fun. This in turn reduces turnover, improves company moral and attendance and focus that it allow them to make more money, and allows them to tweak the workplace in such a way that it becomes even more fun which makes it more efficient and so on.
Google is such a business. Improvement and change is not a panic stricken tedious chore but joyous fun.
That's why fun is dangerous. Not for Google or their employees. Fun is dangerous for Google's competitors.
Most tech companies are wolverines. Lonely survivalists that are smart but cutthroat.
Google is a family of otters. They swim in the code that drowns their competitors. They chase enough fish dollars to make themselves fat (all the better to float in the cold water of code) and nothing really is a threat to them.
Here's my summary: It's important to master the basics of your business. It's even better to master the basics so well you can have fun.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Red Solo Cup Measuring Lines #rmdo #rmdc #humor #funnypic
#rmdo Why am I not surprised to learn this?
I just listened to Toby Keith's Red Solo Cup song (the anthem for informal party goers everywhere) a little closer this time, ,and decided not to add it to this blog. If my grand kids can't watch it, it doesn't get put in.
Too bad. Toby Keith put into words what many have observed for a couple of decades about the cups.
And certainly you don't have to spend a lot of money to have fun. That's been true forever.
In fact, you don't even need liquor or booze to have fun. I'm NOT a teetotaler. Just pointing out the obvious.
Too bad. Toby Keith put into words what many have observed for a couple of decades about the cups.
And certainly you don't have to spend a lot of money to have fun. That's been true forever.
In fact, you don't even need liquor or booze to have fun. I'm NOT a teetotaler. Just pointing out the obvious.
seated by my love
Rocketed into our seats.. vertical walls, level floors turn askew.. a roller coaster jet is fun.. seated by my love.
tiny lights
Lights! tiny lights... 10000 X 10000... carpet the city far below... like fireflies in July.
Bunging jumping to Florida
Long tube hurtling thru sky... middle bouncing in turbulence... ends dipping on landing... 200 bungee jumpers in comfy chairs!
Giant Eagle
Perched on runway... lion's roar of engines... metal sinews coiled to spring... giant eagle set to FLY!
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