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the world as I see it…

Archive for June, 2009

Manager

Jun 30

Posted by kosh in usual

Having a great mentor/manager is definitely a bonus when you start working. Micrsoft Legal cleared me to start working earlier today based on my work permits, etc. My manager’s reponse to that made me feel important :)

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“Woo hoo!  Looking forward to getting you back in the team!

How you been?  I haven’t chatted to you in a while.  We should grab another beer or a game of pool again soon.  How’s the schedule looking?”

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I guess thats what makes him a good manager, one that keeps his army of coders happy. I’m not complaining. I like the attention. Don’t be jealous.


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Wars

Jun 19

Posted by kosh in usual

Religion+War

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Reply-All

Jun 16

Posted by kosh in usual

We have all done it when we didn’t really mean to. Here’s a great summary (stolen from my manager) of what happens when you accidentally reply-all in a large corporation (read Microsoft) -

- an announcement mail sent to a large alias
- someone reply all to ask a question, not knowing it is a large alias
- many people reply all with answers… Read More
- some people make a few jokes
- smartasses reply all to tell people not to reply all
- more smartasses reply all and agree with the smartasses
- some people reply-all to say stop it
- some people start replying all with DRM enabled, others reply all by BCC’ing the alias.
- more people reply all complaining they can’t read the DRM message or the BCC broke their precious rules.
- other people reply all to ask how to remove themselves from the alias
- people reply-all to tell people to use AutoGroup
- more people ask why they are on some random alias that they didn’t know they are on
- more people reply all to tell people not to reply all
- universe explodes

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Speech

Jun 8

Posted by kosh in usual

My commencement ceremony is right around the corner. All that stands between me and a degree in Computer Engineering is a final exam in Database Systems. The UW has invited the Secretarty of Defense, Robert Gates, to be the guest speaker for the ceremony on Saturday. I just hope that he is as funny as the guy below.

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Mint

Jun 3

Posted by kosh in usual

I manage all my money transactions and budget through Mint.com and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for money management tools on the web. I have a very interesting(at least to me) graph for my spending over 15 months.

mint

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