Ah, “personal branding.” Definitely a topic worthy of a straw poll. I’ve been thinking about changing my Twitter name. Why would I do that? The usual response I get when I meet Tweeting folk is one of surprise — “oh that’s you? I had no idea!” So that’s not good. Plus, I find that @spaghetti_p is [...]
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Creativity in the Bureaucracy
Posted in about me, bureaucracy, government, observations, tagged #cpsr, change, creativity, PS renewal, renewal on 18 January 2010 | 1 Comment »
From Saturday’s Ottawa Citizen: Maria Barrados, president of the Public Service Commission, has commissioned a study on the implications of generational turnover as the baby boomers retire. The twentysomethings and thirtysomethings who are starting their public-service careers today have grown up in a different world from that of their parents. There’s bound to be some [...]
Abstract and superficial
Posted in about me, bureaucracy, observations, tagged advisor, complaining, project manager, work on 28 May 2008 |
My job is so abstract a lot of the time… I get asked to review things, provide advice and whatnot, but I rarely see the finished product. Everybody’s busy, so what they expect a lot of the time is a quick yes/no answer, or maybe at most a 2 sentence email that quickly tells them [...]
Computers for Cubans, Nostalgia Time for Me
Posted in about me, tagged Apple II, computers, Cuba, history, nostalgia on 5 May 2008 |
So here I am obsessing over the iPhone coming to Canada. Wondering whether I should wait for the official release from Rogers or to ask an American friend to ship me one that I can jailbreak. As if I need another tech gadget, another way to get online. Reality check time – Computers are finally [...]
Blackberries: not just about work anymore
Posted in about me, bureaucracy, tagged Blackberry, Citizenship and Immigration, government, Linda Duxbury, policy, stress on 6 February 2008 |
Last week, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration went out on a limb and asked its employees to turn off their BlackBerries after hours. (Here’s the memo announcing the policy.) My first response to this was, er, instinctual – they’ll never take my crackberry away from me! Never! Since reading this story, this has nagged [...]
What’s a spaghetti test?
Posted in about me on 24 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
When you are cooking spaghetti, one way to tell if it’s done is yank one of the noodles out of the boiling water and fling it against the wall. If it sticks, then it’s done. Ready to eat. So why is this blog called “spaghetti testing”? Well, I work in communications and publishing for the [...]
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