The big bad corporate world
Facebook going Ads?
I have been reading a lot of blog posts recently, about the controversial launch of an advertising platform on Facebook. One of those posts was commented by a man who, very wisely, was explaining that people don’t want to be bothered by advertising anymore and will eventually find ways to get rid of it. We [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )What do we get paid for?
Yesterday I was at a birthday party given for one of my best girlfriends. And I was chatting with one of the other girls’ husband about work.
The guy is a consultant in the IT field, and he was telling me that the company encourages them to work from home and telecommute. But then on the [...]
I won a cool book :-)
A while ago I came across Michelle Goodman’s blog, The Anti 9-to-5 Guide. This is also the title of a book she wrote, which aim is to help women figure out what to do with their careers, especially if they want to “think outside the cube”. And God knows I want to.
In one of her [...]
Not that ambitious.
Six months ago, I started a new job. I had been laid off at the end of March but within 5 weeks, had found another permanent job that matched my requirements: interesting content, short commute (30 minutes maximum), reasonable working hours, good salary and benefits.
Now last week, my boss and I had a small meeting [...]
Lies = bad marketing
Seth Godin might have written that ‘All Marketers Are Liars’, those who read the book know that marketers are not liars, rather story-tellers. They tell stories on which we base our perception of the product, and our perception is our reality. What we believe becomes true.
This is actually the reason why marketers should not lie [...]
20 days a year
I am now on holidays until the end of next week. Which means I have 2 whole weeks to do only the things that matter to me. I have books to read (I have finished Harry Potter #7 already), blogposts to write, shopping to do, friends to see… I have my life to live.
I started [...]
Marketing to selfish idiots
Warning: you might find yourself falling under the selfish idiot category, but I am one, too, so I’m not saying this to be mean.
We had this conversation at lunchtime at work today: one of my colleague said he is going to buy a new dishwasher. The one he has had so far needs 33 liters [...]
The awful truth about milk
A big debate has been going on for a long time between those who think we should drink milk and eat dairy (and the industry is on that side) and those who say that milk is for calves and babies. A variation around the same theme is a theory according to which the structure of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )It must be called “work” for a reason
When I got my first job, I joined a family company that actually was just a bunch of kids under 30, me being the youngest at 21. I don’t know by what miracle, but we were doing a good job with huge sales growth. And we were having fun. If I was out on a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I guess patience is a virtue
I like when people stick to the timing. After all, time is money, or so they say in the business world. I always try to be on time when I have an appointment. And I do not mind if someone I am meeting is late, as long as they call to inform me (that is [...]
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