Broback's Blog

J. Nicholas Hoover at Information Week reports on the speculation that Microsoft is due for layoffs as soon as January 15. As someone who lives 4.6 miles from downtown Redmond, and works in downtown 98052, I can tell you that the conversations I’ve overheard while living in the belly of the beast seem to confirm […]

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4.6 miles from my house is a UPS distribution facility. The lion’s share of Xmas gifts that I ordered from Amazon have been sitting there since the 19th (5 days ago.) I drove there and they won’t give it to me. The place was packed with people in the same boat as me, and the […]

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Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Garone says that if you want to help your office go green, here are a few practical steps: When using paper, print on both sides. Sharing a document? Use a USB drive or email a copy rather than printing. Instead of bottled water, install a water filter on the office […]

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Just read Matt McGee’s post at Search Engine Land. See below for what jumped out at me: Hmmm. How again do Park Avenue digs help improve search results? Here’s my tip. If for some reason you have to have an east coast presence, get some space in Hoboken. Keep the brains, kill the decadent luxuries.

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…and the accomplished Ms. Ho is planning an ambitious new casino in Macau.

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The elusive blogger known as Mini Microsoft has advocated the following for years: Let’s slim down Microsoft into a lean, mean, efficient customer pleasing profit making machine! Mini-Microsoft, Mini-Microsoft, lean-and-mean! I’ve always felt that many of the writings of this anonymous MS employee seem to echo the notion that nine women can’t produce a baby […]

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