Business

Busted on Live National TV for Surfing Porn

Busted For Surfing Porn on Live TV.

02.04.2010 Business

Being an IT person I have seen a lot of disturbing things people have viewed at work while surfing the internet. I have seen porn. I have discovered people’s sexual orientation. I have seen it all. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser David Kiely was caught on live television looking at semi-nude pictures of Australian model Miranda [...]

Computer Skills for Average Workers

Top 10 Computer Skills the Average Worker Should Have According to the IT Guy

01.12.2010 Business

As an IT professional I see all kinds of employees who have little or no computer skills. It’s the 21st century and every job in my company requires a computer and software. I am constantly amazed at the ignorance to computers my users have. I have thus decided to post my top 10 computer must [...]

Feelings, Failure and Finding Happiness Oprah's advice

Feelings, Failure and Finding Happiness

01.09.2010 Business

Today I was reading some of the tweets of people I follow. Brian Wong tweeted ” Must watch – Steve Jobs: How to live before you die | Video on TED.com” I was wondering if it was a new address by Steve Jobs. I have been searching for some career motivations and another one of [...]

Golden Rentals Leaves Customers Stranded

Golden Rentals Snowmobiles

11.17.2009 Customer Service

The internet became the great equalizer of men when it became a medium for the customer to exact justice upon a particularly bad experience. Every year I am reminded of a bad snowmobile rental experience.  Recently I have received over 20 emails asking me about Golden Rentals in Murray, Utah.  I should have saved them [...]

DishNetwork Customer Service Needs Improvement

10.27.2009 Business

Dishnetwork customer service fail.

What’s Wrong with the American Economy Illustrated by Calvin & Hobbes

10.23.2009 Business

I don’t know if this is a real Calvin and Hobbes but it illustrates some great points about American Business and our economy. It appears lately that the American Business Juggernaut has been sidelined. I believe we have too much government intervention hindering business.  It has become easier to do business elsewhere. Its cheaper, its faster, more efficient [...]

How to Build a Business Warren Buffet Would Buy?

10.03.2009 Business

Be motivated by excellence, not money. You need to be better than all of your competitors. If you are, the profits will come.
Offer customers true value on quality products. A low price on a cheap piece of furniture is not value.
Think like a customer and treat them as you would like to be treated. Remember: we are agents for our customers and they can fire us at any time and take their business elsewhere.

CNN blasted by New Social Media

06.17.2009 Business

Since last Friday Twitterers has crucified CNN for their Iranian election coverage. Just do a twitter search with the hash tag #CNN Fail. The tweets blasting CNN has been huge. It has been so huge that CNN has had to address it and produce content refuting the tweets. It has also become so important that the State Department this week asked Twitter to postpone a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its service to keep information flowing from inside Iran amid the growing crisis over its disputed election. Associated Press.

Is it Barack Obama or Jimmy Carter?

06.16.2009 Business

It isn’t enough that Barack Hussein Obama is pimping his plan at every dog and pony show but he has now commandeered the All Barack Channel (ABC) to run his govermercial care bull. In addition to running his govermercial care the President is failing to provide equal time to the other side of socialism. How convenient? Where the hell is Michael Moore and his in convenient hijacking of public TV channels? The FCC wouldn’t allow this shenanigans during an election. The RNC has filed a complaint to ABC News but was mocked.

Greed is Good

06.09.2009 Business

Greed motivates people in amazing ways. Today the United States Treasury Department approved 10 banks to repay over $68 billion in bailout money. Its amazing how 10 of the nation’s largest banks who just months ago were begging for billions of dollars of money in bailouts have suddenly found a method to pay off their Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) accounts.