http://www.simplerich.com Round Two of my attempt at blogging the world Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:58:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I voted today. Iowa has early elections and there's a strong chance I'll be in Missouri for work when election week rolls around. Hat tip to BadAstronomer for the link to this video. I promise. It won't go where you think it's going. Hollywood Declares Themselves http://www.simplerich.com/2008/10/02/128/ It all started with a call from someone in the office, "Hey Rich. One of your customers just called me with a problem and I have no idea what she's talking about but I want to help her. Can you help me?" I was dumbstruck. How had one of my ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/10/02/what-had-happened-was/ September 11, 2001, just over 7 years ago last week, the United States was attacked by radical Islamic terrorists associated with al-Qaeda  using airplanes as weapons. They crashed several planes into the World Trade Center in New York, bringing the twin towers crashing to the ground. Another plane slammed into ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/09/21/rant-im-sorry-but/ Some of you that read this know what twitter is, and some of you don't. I often 'tweet' from my phone and it's along the lines of what I'm doing right then. Sometimes it's an aside, something I may mutter under my breath if we were walking side by side ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/09/12/intro-to-twitter/ "Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you." Alan Alda in Never Have Your Dog Stuffed I wonder what the corollary would be for reading... Real reading is a willingness to let the book change you? It doesn't scan as well. It's probably got the wrong rhythm to ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/09/07/listening-is/ I recently noticed how Evernote had become a part of my workflow while I was on hold. I had a stack of papers in front of me and had the phone on my shoulder and was entering the information into Evernote. I hadn't had to remind myself to do it. ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/08/31/evernote-in-workflow/ My Aunt Annie turned 94 earlier this year and just celebrated 30 years at the same job. She works hard and learned it from her Dad. It wasn't until this interview for tv that I heard this quote, but it was something that my family taught us kids by example ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/08/27/dont-back-up-to-the-window-to-get-your-paycheck/ Today talking to Mom we were talking about little things that make us happy and I said that I really liked hanging my clothes on the line to dry. I like it because every time I do it I'm saving money. I have a dryer. I could use it, and ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/08/26/97/ You can now customize your friends list in Google reader, meaning I can decide who sees the things I "share" from google reader. If I decide to share a lot of posts about Tibetan finger rot and don't want all my Google shares going to my family so they don't ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/08/13/hoody-hoo-customize-your-friend-list/ Manpower in Central Iowa has a blog and I gotta tell you, if I didn't have a job already I'd want to work for the person who writes that blog! There's a load of great information over there on workexposed.com. Recently interviews, staffing, and employee enthusiasm have been at the ... http://www.simplerich.com/2008/08/12/even-the-ones-who-couldnt-count-change-were-fun-to-talk-to/