With the advent of botox, liposuction, nose job and some other nip tucks one might think that women’s perception on what’s beautiful has really taken a dangerous curve. Women go to great heights to make some alterations on their features. It makes me wonder, when women look at the mirror, do they only see their […]

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I still believe that there are still a lot of issues in this world that do not need an over-elegant solution. In short, the “Keep it Simple, Stupid” (KISS) principle still holds true. Zen has it that a happy person doesn’t lead a complicated life. There is some truth to this somehow. Just read the […]

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I’ve been chatting with one friend of mine from college who’s now working in one of those big consumer product firms (one of those companies you find on the label of a lot of your household items). While the pay is really good, she complains a lot about the people and the ways of working. […]

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That when you die, everyone in your family will know every single, private, and dirty secret you kept your whole life. I keep a personal blog where I do put down a lot of personal information. But there are times when the pangs of paranoia about what could happen with the information you post online […]

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How hard do you really work? Productivity guru Steve Pavlina once asserted that a regular person usually only does real work and hour a day and yet most of us complain about not having enough time to have a good time. Now this raises the question of the level of work that we really dish […]

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Teaching college students business communication required me to dedicate a huge part of the discussion tackling workplace cultures and socio-cultural contexts. I teach in a state university that’s not known for developing the student’s business sense so it took me some extra weeks and a lot of effort to give students’ a glimpse of how […]

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WTF!?!
Yes. That was my reaction when I read this news on the Arizona Republic website (via Consumerist). It’s true what they say, kids fashion have taken things into the skankier direction that is the fashion of Britney, Paris, and Lindsay. And this latest one, string bikinis and microscopic booty shorts for toddlers? So where would […]

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Web Worker Daily compiled this list of 10 franchise establishments where web workers can do their thing. The list involves cafes (Starbucks, Cosi, Panera Bread) and bookstores (Barnes and Noble, Borders Books). These are practically cozy enough establishments where you can hang out, bring out your laptop, and work. It’s quite interesting that for web […]

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It’s pretty amusing how sometimes in a gathering, people gauge the prestige of your career in terms of that little identifier attached to your name and how much you make. And most of the time, it also comes with the title. If you’re a lawyer or a doctor or a Ph.D. or a CEO, chances […]

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In my previous look into workplace quirks, Microsoft is one of those who expressed that meetings is one of those work hours leeches that workers have to deal with. I know some workers who also think likewise.
Are meetings really that detrimental to productivity?

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This has been a debate that has raged in the workplace for so long. From experience, many workplaces today are shifting toward a results-oriented approach to working. The I-don’t-care-how-you-do-it-just-do-it mentality is amazingly (alarmingly?) becoming the fad. It’s supposed to support worker creativity.
While I, myself, enjoy such an approach to working as a worker, I try […]

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Here’s an article by The Associated Press that’s republished in many journals and papers - Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters.
So kids have it much better nowadays and even the adventure of cheating in exams have gone hi-tech. But is banning gadgets from school a stop-gap solution?

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There are a variety of reasons that you might want to change your name.
You could be getting married.
Or divorced.
Or, you could be like former professional wrestler Jim Helwig, and decided that you truly are “The Ultimate Warrior” and you life won’t be complete unless you can sign your checks that way.
Whatever your reason for […]

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I remember this article on Network World some time ago - Telecommute. Kill a career?
Three months as a problogger, I start to reflect about it. Prior to this blogging gig, I was building a career as a marketing manager for an IT firm and I also served as a web content consultant. Now I’m a […]

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Every relationship has its problems. There are two ways to deal with these problems. One way, it to bottle them up until you explode. That’s not a good idea, but the one people choose a surprising number of times. The second option, is to talk about your problems, and try […]

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