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August 10, 2008  6:43 PM

Breaking into the Japanese Market : Jim Grisanzio



Posted by: David Vasta
Japan, Just Blogging, Offtopic

As some of you may know I lived in Japan from 1993 - 1996. It was a scary time of my life and a very exciting time of my life. It shaped me into the person I am today. I still long to go back to Japan and wanted to share a link with you I enjoyed reading. It's short and sweet but packed with...

July 10, 2008  2:50 AM

Workplace Blackberry’s are considered overtime even if you are on a salary



Posted by: David Vasta
Blackberry, Just Blogging, Mobile, Offtopic

I have worked in places before that every notice, email, and phone call came in on my Blackberry and I was expected to get up at 2AM and answer emails. I argued then that this is overtime and even thought I am a salary employee I thought I deserved some compensation. With one particular company,...


July 2, 2008  3:35 AM

9 Reasons Why Application Developers Think Their CIO Is Clueless



Posted by: David Vasta
CIO, Just Blogging, Tip of the Week

Link to Article in CIO "How Not to Be Clueless "My CIO is clueless." These are words you don't want to hear if you...


May 16, 2008  2:45 PM

Slow Tech Week



Posted by: David Vasta
David on System i, i, Just Blogging, Linux, System i, Ubuntu Linux

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. It's been a slow boring tech week for me here and I have been pondering what I should post about all week and I have a big empty bag of nothing to post about. At least not much in the POWER or i arena. I am now living in Charlotte, NC and it's kind of the...


May 7, 2008  3:07 PM

Is your workspace important?



Posted by: David Vasta
Just Blogging

I think there is something to be said for a company that can create  a workspace for it's employees that is fun and functional. I liked this article: