links for 2007-06-26

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Nic on 26-06-2007

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Corporate Adjustment - The Cubicle

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Nic on 26-06-2007

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I am working in an open-plan office and currently sitting in a cubicle with low walls and absolutely zero privacy.

I don’t mind this at all and in fact, it is quite refreshing to know that I have many minds around me to help me if I need assistance of any sort.

The leap from entrepreneur to corporate employee is a massive one. One that I don’t think I was quite prepared for. Not in the bad way that makes you want to jump out of the window, but in the good way that makes you realise that sometimes autonomous work is NOT the most productive work one can do.

I am sure now that it is admirable to want to own the world at the tender age of 23 or so, but it is often not realistic. Sometimes one needs the experience that the corporate world offers to reach a personal potential.

I think that I have loads to learn and loads more insight in to the corporate cubicle world through the eyes of an entrepreneur.

One Of Those Mornings…

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Nic on 26-06-2007

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…when you wake up and you’ve slept through your alarm by just enough time to warrant not eating breakfast. When you get in your car and realise your almost out of petrol. When you get to the first petrol station and it is full (now you are running late). When you get to the next petrol station and it is on a go slow. When you need to clean your windscreens, check the water and oil, fill up and there is only one gent who seems to not hear your requests for service. When the full tank seems to take an age to take…in…that…last…drop.

When you leave the petrol station and the robot stops working. When you try to get on the highway there is a big, fat, ugly BMW X-whatever pushing in to your lane after sitting for 20 minutes and waiting your turn. When you get on the highway it rolls smoothly, up until your turn off. When you take the turn off you find roadworks.

When you make the decision to go lane-hopping instead of trusting your choice of lane. When every lane you hop in to seems to slow down or miraculously contain a massive truck almost reversing down Corlette Drive.

When you get in to your parkade at work, there are no parking because you are late.

When you eventually get to work in such a tizz because you think that everyone will be waiting for you tapping their watches in disdain and there is almost no one there yet.

I love flexihours. I love mornings and I love the media industry.

Amagama Gets A Redesign

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Nic on 25-06-2007

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I wonder what sort of backlash Vincent and the MG team will receive for this little change?

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OK, so it isn’t really a little change. There are some significant differences featured on the new Amagama homepage. For one thing, there are no recent comments appearing on the homepage and no recent blog posts. In the place of the recent blog posts there is a tag cloud that seems to be displaying all of the hot topics in the realm of Amagama.

Previous complaints from old Blogmark users about the previous version of the Amagama homepage were that the community aspect had left the platform. This is definitely apparent now with the new updates.

Amatomu, the other MG blog resource is now also featured on the site. While there are links to recent comments and the homepage does show who is online and a list of new blogs, I feel like there is a wave of Amabadmouthing coming the way of the Vincent. Sorry buddy, lets hope it pans out differently.

It seems as though Vincent has attempted to make conversion from Blogmark blog to Amagama a lot easier on the new homepage and registration seems to be simpler.

Broken Mazda Key

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Nic on 23-06-2007

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This is a broken car key to a Mazda. This is not good…ever.


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