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Happiness Hacks

There’s some irony that I’m posting this on my blog from my laptop computer given the last line…

¶ Posted 12 December 2023 § Infographic § Meme § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food, health, science

Wisdom Wednesday – Your Real Job Is To Be A Translator

I was in an OH&S meeting once where they were talking about buying walkie-talkies so staff could more easily communicate with each other in our large Central branch. One of the clerks spoke up and said “What sort of training will we get?” A high level manager could barely hide her distain as she replied […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, language

Been thinking about this a bit lately in a variety of ways – the “controversy” over gender fluidity/Drag Queen storytimes/”grooming”, the notion of what constitutes “professionalism” as I wear jeans and a t-shirt to work every day while having the most rat-nesty beard this side of Santa Claus, and then the above thought I saw […]

Wisdom Wednesday – Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch

I first heard this advice years ago when I was still in the role of Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. In hindsight, I don’t think I appreciated what an amazing job that was to have right at the start of my library career. Our Director (still the same guy all these years later) […]

¶ Posted 08 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, orgdevl

Friday Fun Link – Boomerang Retro C-64 Video Game

A guy I went to school with got a game published in Compute! magazine in the late 90’s (and got a $500 payday or something wild). These were the days were the code was printed in the magazine and you had to manually enter it to play the game. (I still remember my Grade Six […]

¶ Posted 03 November 2023 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Wisdom Wednesday – Hiring Is A Million Dollar Decision

A long time ago, a colleague gave me a way to think of hiring that totally changed how I view the process of selecting a candidate. Before, I was just thinking “Who can best do this job?” but he pointed out that you’re not just hiring the person for the immediate job but potentially for […]