Author: james

  • You should know what your co-workers earn

    Companies are artificially secretive about their accounting to internal audiences. Typically granular information about a company’s books is not available to it’s employees and only a small precentage of the company knows exactly how the company is earning and spending money. I offer this suggestion. Be completely transparent about your company’s spending including how much…

  • Finally at SXSW

    After being trapped at La Guardia for most of the day Friday I finally got on a flight headed for Dallas. I spent the night at home and then drove my car down to Austin. It was a long 24 hours in New York but it’s over now.

  • Stuck in NYC (at least until 4:30)

    I’m sitting at La Guardia waiting for my plane to leave. I’m supposed to be in Austin for the SXSW Interactive Festival. Yesterday, the second winter storm in a week hit Dallas. My 8:15am flight out of NYC was cancelled and I haven’t been able to hit the standby jackpot. I paid $7.95 for internet…

  • TigerMan in the Snow

    It snowed in Dallas tonight and TigerMan enjoyed playing in the snow.

  • A Vision of Students Today

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    In preparation for an upcoming presentation I came across this video that I thought was interesting. Embedded Video

  • Starbucks closes all stores – better be good

    Starbucks has announced that it will close all of it’s stores from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today to train its employees on “The Art of Espresso”. The unusual move will catch enough attention that if customers don’t notice better Espresso the next time they visit, the Starbucks brand will lose some trust. Starbucks Closes…

  • All a Twitter

    After hearing about it for a year, I figured it was time to try Twitter. You can now find me at twitter.com/jamesvandyke. Twitter is a mixture between ADD blogging and Instant messaging. You send “tweets” or messages of less than 140 characters via the website, IM client or third-party application. These tweets are logged on…

  • Happy Birthday Lego

    One of my favorite toys, Legos, turned 50 yesterday. As I remember it, I got my first legos as a hand-me-down from a family friend who had out grown them. In the beginning I was a fan of the space sets, then I moved on to castles and knights (Thanks for the huge castle Mom…

  • TigerMan Walking Nicely

    The intervention worked. More later, but here’s a video of TigerMan walking nicely.

  • Wake Up Call

    Unfortunately for one of my co-workers I found the site Wakerupper.com. The site is designed to let you schedule a wake up call. However, it works for prank calls as well. Unlike some other call-back services, you’re not required to register the phone you want to contact. Plus, you can type in text that the…