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Monthly Archives: December 2012

Putting it on the screen

I’ve been using presentation software for about as long as that kind of software has existed.  Back in the DOS days, there was Harvard Graphics.  It was crude compared to what we have today, and there were plenty of hardware limitations as well.  With the advent of Windows, I moved to Lotus Freelance, and then […]

It’s That Time of Year Again . . .

I’ve been on one side or the other of a performance evaluation at a large company for the last 30 years.  I’ve had good experiences and bad, but in the most part they’ve been nothing special except as a vehicle for announcing promotions, salary increases, or bonus awards.  But that’s OK.  I believe that an […]

Communication Can Be Life or Death!

One of my interests lie with the history of the Pacific war during WWII, in particular the naval actions of the Allies and the Imperial Japanese forces.  I recently finished a very good book titled Japanese Destroyer Captain, by Captain Tameichi Hara (ISBN 978-1591143840).  It is unique in that it tells the story from the viewpoint […]

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