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Comment on Luke White Fang D’Chaparral, 1998 — 2008 by Brett

Brett — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:44:10 +0000

Sorry to hear :o(

Comment on My Brands Online Grocery Website Goes Live by Nate Klaiber

Nate Klaiber — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:02:51 +0000

Nice work with this site. The organization, structure, layout, and speed make this a great experience.

Comment on Value-Billing, Moonshine and a New TAAN President by Al

Al — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:47:20 +0000

Nice moose! Who wouldn’t want to drink from a jar!!!!

Comment on DD Launches a Flurry of CSS, SEO Optimized Sites by Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:40:02 +0000

Very nice sites.

Comment on HTML 5 - A Glimpse Into the Future by Web Design Fort Myers

Web Design Fort Myers — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:18:16 +0000

I agree, it just gets better all the time!

Comment on HTML 5 - A Glimpse Into the Future by Dan C

Dan C — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:45:28 +0000

For more information, especially concerning the battle between XHTML 2 and WA1 (HTML) see these articles:

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/html5_xhtml2_and_the_future_of_the_web/

http://xhtml.com/en/future/x-html-5-versus-xhtml-2/

Comment on Radiohead Exemplifies Value Pricing by Brett

Brett — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:30:54 +0000

The album is really good, but disappointing in that it isn’t offered in a high-bitrate form. They’re releasing the album on CD with a label some time next year.

Saul Williams has also taken a similar approach. His recent album was produced by Trent Reznor, who has been pretty vocal about is disgust for major record labels. It’s available for download at http://www.niggytardust.com as a fairly high-bitrate with all art and inserts for free. The album is also available in an even higher bitrate or lossless for $5. It’s a pretty cool concept and a great album.

Comment on The Millennials are Here! CAUTION: Disturbing Video by Sean Duffy

Sean Duffy — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:02:15 +0000

As an American living in Sweden I can say that Millennialism is nothing new in this part of the world. Sweden’s unique pscycho-socio-political environment has been producing this type of worker since the sixties. In response Swedish industry has developed what, at times, seems like an absurdly tolerant work environment. Arriving in Stockholm as an employee I was shocked to discover that I could work about one third as hard as I did in the States and thrive. To me it seemed less like I was going to work each morning and more like I was attending adult day-care. But it didn’t take long to also realize that in this type of environment a work ethic could provide a powerful competitive advantage. Today as an employer in Sweden I have been fortunate to attract people who arrived at the same conclusion I did. Hopefully the more ambitious twenty somethings in the US (there must be some) will see the opportunities that are being created for them by the Millennials and will seize the day and begin to reverse the trend. Otherwise, US managers had better brush up on their baby-sitting skills.

Comment on The Millennials are Here! CAUTION: Disturbing Video by John Peterson

John Peterson — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:29:50 +0000

I saw this spot on 60 minutes and had to chuckle. I have engaged in countless hours of frustrated conversation about the incouragable attitudes of these young workers over recent years with my business owner friends - but I didn’t know they had a name (Millennials). As a baby boomer who was raised with a very different set of ideals, I find myself conflicted about the attitudes of these Millenials. Its hard to argue that in a better world, our priorities would be lifestyle, friends, family, and that work would subordinate to these priorities. And you have to respect the millenials committment to these priorities.

Unfortunately, history has shown that material comforts and financial success require a very different set of priorities. Most of the Millennials have enjoyed these comforts and opportunities all their lives from their parents with very little sacrifice or comprimise on their part. If they can succeed in changing the world so that everyone can enjoy this new age prioritization with little sacrifice, then where do I sign up?

Sadly, I think that the more probable outcome is that the U.S. workforce will continue to lose its competitive edge on the global emerging labor market. The emerging global labor market is willing to make substantial sacrifices to enjoy a standard of living that we have enjoyed in this country for generations. To compete with that, we need to be substantislly more productive, but thats not happening either.

For their part, I am cheering for the Millennials but I’ll hedge by continuing to make my own professional sacrifices. Someday, maybe I’ll need the job that the Millennial doesn’t want.

Comment on The Millennials are Here! CAUTION: Disturbing Video by Mark Vitullo

Mark Vitullo — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:29:00 +0000

The link that Peter mentioned, “How to Retain Your Gen-X Workforce”, is located in this previous post:

http://digitaldaybreak.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/managing-gen-xers-and-millenials-sigh/