Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot
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An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland
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Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.
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Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.
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See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland
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Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland
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Downtown Drogheda, Ireland
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As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…
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Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…
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If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…
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There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….
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The Review, 2008
2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…
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